FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 2, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIL by 6 after the first quarter and won 91–86.

Final · Box score
GSW91
PHX102
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +11
Final · Box score
WAS92
BOS100
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
ORL78
DET89
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +11
Final · Box score
ATL100
MIA92
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +8
Final · Box score
IND108
NJN94
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +14
Final · Box score
TOR90
NYK85
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +5
Final · Box score
SAS96
MIN106
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +10
Final · Box score
OKC87
DAL100
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
MIL86
DEN91
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -6; Q4 DEN +5
Final · Box score
NOH90
UTA94
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +4
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 · 2010–11Jan 2, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (CLE vs DAL), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ DEN

Denver takes care of Milwaukee

A 5-point win, 91–86. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-60-6+5DEN AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3018261286
DEN2424202391
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 6 games: 15, 11, 16, 7, 20, 21DEN21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 6 games: 18, 18, 8, 21, 12, 17DEN17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 4 games: 6, 16, 7, 17MIL17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 2 games: 15, 14MIL14 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NOH @ UTA

Utah handles New Orleans by 4

The Jazz won the second quarter 32–25. Final: 94–90. Al Jefferson led Utah with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over NOH4TOR over NYK5DEN over MIL5BOS over WAS8ATL over MIA8MIN over SAS10PHX over GSW11DET over ORL11DAL over OKC13IND over NJN14Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over NOH.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
24.62010–11 avg9.9Last 2

9.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.6 in 2010–11 (35 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 5 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 38 minutes.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 5 games: 37, 13, 27, 23, 35NYK vs TOR · L
27.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 6 games: 37, 26, 35, 34, 16, 28MIA vs ATL · L
29.3 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 5 games: 11, 4, 9, 10, 28WAS @ BOS · L
12.4 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 4 games: 21, 12, 6, 27NOH @ UTA · L
16.5 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 6 games: 20, 28, 15, 17, 13, 27BOS vs WAS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 6 games: 30, 33, 32, 30, 12, 27OKC @ DAL · L
27.3 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST