FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 22, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed LAL by 13 after the first quarter and won 98–96.

Final · Box score
BOS100
WAS94
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +6
Final · Box score
TOR91
LAC103
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +12
Final · Box score
MIL91
MIA82
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +9
Final · Box score
CHA87
NJN97
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +14; Q4 NJN +10
Final · Box score
IND98
LAL96
Q1 IND -13; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +2
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 22, 2011: 13 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs TOR), 38 points.
The lead · IND @ LAL

Indiana climbs out of a 13-point hole against Lakers

Down 13 after one, the Pacers won the second quarter 35–25 and the game 98–96. Roy Hibbert led Indiana with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-13-3-1+2IND AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1435282198
LAL2725261896
Who led
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 20, 19, 12, 15, 11, 13, 10, 18IND18 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 15, 13, 24, 4, 21, 16, 26, 16IND16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 48, 40, 42, 42, 14, 24, 30, 33LAL33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 12, 12, 15, 12, 17, 15, 10, 16LAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ MIA

Milwaukee upsets Miami

Milwaukee (5–9) beat Miami (11–4) 91–82. Brandon Jennings led Milwaukee with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over LAL2BOS over WAS6MIL over MIA9NJN over CHA10LAC over TOR12Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 4 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 34

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 10, 7, 13, 21, 24, 8, 12, 34BOS @ WAS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 48, 40, 42, 42, 14, 24, 30, 33LAL vs IND · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 32, 26, 23, 35, 33, 31, 28, 28MIA vs MIL · L
29.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 8, 11, 7, 19, 38, 25, 13, 27WAS vs BOS · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 13, 7, 10, 14, 6, 26, 25, 26LAC vs TOR · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 5, 15, 27, 19, 7, 30, 36, 23MIL @ MIA · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST