FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 24, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BOS by 4 after the first quarter and won 89–86.

Final
TOR97
ORL95
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +2
Final
NYK89
BOS86
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +3
Final
LAC88
PHX93
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +5
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 24, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Andrea Bargnani (TOR @ PHX), 36 points.
The lead · NYK @ BOS

New York holds off Boston, 89–86

New York led 72–66 after three and held on to win by three. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+2+6+3NYK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2030221789
BOS2424182086
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 45, 23, 40, 20, 39, 27, 26, 29, 28NYK28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 11, 13, 9, 5, 12, 17, 15, 15NYK15 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 8, 12, 17, 7, 30, 8, 17, 23BOS23 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 7, 23, 19, 12, 13, 10, 12, 22BOS22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · TOR @ ORL

Toronto controls Orlando start to finish

Toronto won 97–95, leading by as many as 9 at a break. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over ORL2NYK over BOS3PHX over LAC5Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 25.3 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 28

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 45, 23, 40, 20, 39, 27, 26, 29, 28NYK @ BOS · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 21, 12, 12, 7, 11, 10, 12, 24PHX vs LAC · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 8, 12, 17, 7, 30, 8, 17, 23BOS vs NYK · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steve Blake LAC, Apr 14, 2010: 23 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
23 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 6, 23, 12, 18, 8, 8, 12, 22TOR @ ORL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 7, 23, 19, 12, 13, 10, 12, 22BOS vs NYK · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 13, 22, 15, 5, 9, 9, 15, 21TOR @ ORL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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
Amir JohnsonTOR+5.3 14.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.9 34.5 last 10 · 29.6 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.7 15.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.2 13.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Carlos BoozerCHI+3.9 20.0 last 10 · 16.1 season
Cold
Patrick PattersonHOU−5.5 5.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jason TerryBOS−4.5 5.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 25.1 last 10 · 29.2 season
Austin RiversNOH−3.8 2.2 last 10 · 6.0 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC−3.6 8.4 last 10 · 12.0 season