FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 19, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by MEM (vs CHI) and GSW (vs NOH).

Final
SAS98
ATL93
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +5
Final
SAC97
CHA93
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +4
Final · OT
MEM85
CHI82
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +3
Final
HOU79
MIN92
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +13
Final
GSW116
NOH112
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +4
Final
CLE98
UTA109
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +11
Final
MIL110
POR104
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +6
Final
WAS87
LAC94
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2011–12Jan 19, 2012: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (HOU vs NOH), 32 points.
The lead · MEM @ CHI

Memphis needs overtime to survive Chicago

Tied 76–76 after regulation. Memphis won the final period 9–6 for an 85–82 win. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4+10+130+3MEM AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM18261616985
CHI22121329682
Who led
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 13, 12, 10, 8, 8, 12, 18, 19MEM19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 20, 8, 18, 23, 12, 17, 13, 16MEM16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 3, 6, 0, 13, 8, 0, 13, 18CHI18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 24, 22, 17, 15, 20, 36, 19, 17CHI17 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Second story · GSW @ NOH

Golden State gets past New Orleans

116–112, with Golden State ahead 67–57 at halftime. Klay Thompson led Golden State with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over CHI3SAC over CHA4GSW over NOH4SAS over ATL5MIL over POR6LAC over WAS7UTA over CLE11MIN over HOU13Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over NOH.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, today vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
2.02011–12 avg15Today

15 points today in 18 minutes, against 2.0 a game in 2011–12 (27 games).

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg47.7Today

48 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Jennings leads the day with 30

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 12, 29, 35, 15, 19, 12, 16, 30MIL @ POR · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 19, 14, 20, 16, 13, 2, 21, 29GSW @ NOH · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 3, 11, 12, 13, 8, 9, 6, 4, 27MIL @ POR · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 20, 18, 10, 37, 9, 14, 13, 26POR vs MIL · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 11, 8, 3, 9, 10, 16, 20, 25GSW @ NOH · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
John WallPoints, last 5 games: 14, 12, 14, 14, 24WAS @ LAC · L
15.6 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Carlos BoozerCHI+6.6 22.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Jameer NelsonORL+6.0 21.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Ed DavisTOR+5.0 14.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Bradley BealWAS+4.7 18.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
JR SmithNYK+4.0 20.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Austin RiversNOH−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Gerald WallaceBKN−3.6 5.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Patrick PattersonHOU−3.5 7.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ryan AndersonNOH−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Chris KamanDAL−3.1 9.5 last 10 · 12.6 season