FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 27, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by NOH (vs MEM) and BOS (vs MIA).

Final · 2OT
MIA98
BOS100
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +2
Final
OKC96
LAL105
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +9
Final
NOH91
MEM83
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH -4; Q4 NOH +8
Final
DET104
ORL102
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +2
Final
ATL104
NYK106
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +2
Final
PHX95
DAL110
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +15
Final
POR83
LAC96
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +13
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 27, 2012: 13 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ GSW), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Boston needs two overtimes to survive Miami

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Boston won the final period 7–5 for a 100–98 win. Kevin Garnett led Boston with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-40-400+2BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MIA261923196598
BOS2223192367100
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 7, 15, 16, 16, 16, 8, 24, 24BOS24 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 19, 12, 13, 10, 12, 22, 12, 17BOS17 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 15, 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34MIA34 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 15, 10, 10, 10, 9, 18, 11, 21MIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NOH @ MEM

New Orleans upsets Memphis

New Orleans (14–29) beat Memphis (28–14) 91–83. Ryan Anderson led New Orleans with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MIA2DET over ORL2NYK over ATL2NOH over MEM8LAL over OKC9LAC over POR13DAL over PHX15Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 42

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: 23, 40, 20, 39, 27, 26, 29, 28, 25, 42NYK vs ATL · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Zach LaVine SAC, Dec 6, 2025: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
42 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37, 32, 33, 24, 35OKC @ LAL · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 15, 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34MIA @ BOS · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 21, 12, 14, 13, 18, 26, 14, 31ORL vs DET · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 20, 16, 1, 15, 18, 13, 9, 31DET @ ORL · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 6, 28, 21, 16, 9, 10, 23, 27ATL @ NYK · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Kevin DurantOKC+5.3 34.9 last 10 · 29.6 season
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
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.4 15.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−5.0 23.7 last 10 · 28.7 season
Patrick PattersonHOU−4.6 6.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Paul PierceBOS−4.0 14.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.0 6.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season