FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 11, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed PHI by 8 after the first quarter and won 102–92.

Final
BKN80
TOR96
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +16
Final
HOU114
WAS107
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +7
Final
PHX108
DET110
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +2
Final
NYK102
PHI92
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +10
Final
CHA97
CHI103
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +6
Final
MIL85
OKC101
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +16
Final
NOP107
DAL110
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +3
Final
ORL94
DEN120
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +26; Q4 DEN +26
Final
BOS104
POR112
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +8
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 · 2012–13Jan 11, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ LAL), 42 points.
The lead · NYK @ PHI

New York climbs out of an 8-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 8 after one, the Knicks won the second quarter 32–12 and the game 102–92. Amar'e Stoudemire led New York with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+12+16+10NYK AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK20323218102
PHI2812282492
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 7, 23, 11, 6, 11, 9, 14, 21NYK21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 30, 19, 27, 25, 19, 34, 29, 18NYK18 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 19, 13, 10, 9, 7, 9, 16, 17PHI17 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
James AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 11, 12, 5, 3, 14, 15, 10, 17PHI17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Denver by 26.

DET over PHX2DAL over NOP3CHI over CHA6HOU over WAS7POR over BOS8NYK over PHI10TOR over BKN16OKC over MIL16DEN over ORL26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.0Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.0 in 29 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 29 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 40

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 16, 9, 24, 18, 27, 8, 24, 40DAL vs NOP · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Lamond Murray CLE, Jan 2, 2002: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 34, 33, 37, 24, 48, 21, 48, 30, 33OKC vs MIL · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 22, 19, 12, 16, 16, 27, 12, 30CHA @ CHI · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 16, 18, 14, 6, 30, 19, 15, 29CHA @ CHI · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 27, 13, 23, 10, 22, 21, 21, 28NOP @ DAL · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 20, 11, 26, 20, 26, 28, 19, 26TOR vs BKN · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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
D.J. AugustinCHI+4.4 11.6 last 10 · 7.2 season
Terrence RossTOR+4.2 13.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.1 33.7 last 10 · 29.6 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.1 22.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
CJ MilesCLE+4.0 14.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.6 8.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jared SullingerBOS−3.7 9.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Caron ButlerMIL−3.6 7.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.5 4.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.4 14.1 last 10 · 17.5 season