FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 26, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed MIN by 12 after the first quarter and won 102–101.

Final
NYK80
PHI97
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +17
Final
CLE99
TOR98
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -9; Q4 CLE +1
Final
CHI73
WAS86
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +13
Final
MIN101
CHA102
Q1 CHA -12; Q2 CHA -11; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA +1
Final
BKN106
HOU119
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +13
Final
GSW102
MIL109
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +7
Final
PHX99
SAS108
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +9
Final
SAC93
DEN121
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +32; Q4 DEN +28
Final · OT
IND110
UTA114
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +4
Final
LAC100
POR101
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +1
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 26, 2012: 2 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ ORL), 24 points.
The lead · MIN @ CHA

Charlotte fights back from 12 down against Minnesota

Final: 102–101, after trailing by 12 after one. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-11-4+1CHA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN34241924101
CHA22252629102
Who led
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 16, 12, 13, 25, 14, 35, 11, 25CHA25 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 7, 16, 13, 15, 16, 19, 27, 23CHA23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Luke RidnourPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 13, 7, 21, 16, 12, 13, 14, 22MIN22 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 15, 21, 4, 11, 14, 11, 13, 19MIN19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 39 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 12 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 28.

CLE over TOR1CHA over MIN1POR over LAC1UTA over IND4MIL over GSW7SAS over PHX9WAS over CHI13HOU over BKN13PHI over NYK17DEN over SAC28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Jrue Holiday leads the day with 35

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.
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 19, 16, 30, 29, 33, 15, 9, 35PHI vs NYK · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 28, 15, 15, 31, 18, 40, 35, 32CLE @ TOR · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 20, 17, 25, 23, 20, 24, 23, 31SAS vs PHX · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 23, 20, 17, 18, 29, 23, 30, 29HOU vs BKN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 22, 21, 12, 24, 14, 18, 12, 27BKN @ HOU · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 24, 22, 29, 20, 28, 31, 21, 26GSW @ MIL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Ed DavisTOR+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Amir JohnsonTOR+5.0 14.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.8 15.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.5 34.0 last 10 · 29.5 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.4 15.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−5.3 23.6 last 10 · 28.9 season
Patrick PattersonHOU−4.6 6.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.0 6.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jason TerryBOS−3.7 6.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season