FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 23, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed GSW by 16 after three quarters and won 91–90.

Final · Box score
WAS83
PHI103
Q1 PHI +19; Q2 PHI +30; Q3 PHI +27; Q4 PHI +20
Final · Box score
ORL56
BOS87
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +31
Final · Box score
NJN95
CHI110
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +15
Final · Box score
ATL97
MIL92
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +5
Final · Box score
HOU107
MIN92
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +15
Final · Box score
SAS104
NOH102
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +2
Final · Box score
DET79
OKC99
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +27; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +20
Final · Box score
PHX87
DAL93
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
SAC89
POR101
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +12
Final · Box score
MEM91
GSW90
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -9; Q3 MEM -16; Q4 MEM +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 · 2010–11Jan 23, 2011: 1 game. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs IND), 36 points.
The lead · MEM @ GSW

Memphis storms back from 16 down to beat Golden State

The Grizzlies trailed by 16 after three and won 91–90. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-9-16+1MEM AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM1322173991
GSW2123242290
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 16, 26, 23, 24, 12, 24, 23, 23MEM23 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 15, 9, 17, 20, 18, 14, 22, 20MEM20 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 22, 30, 18, 22, 10, 30, 25, 20GSW20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 7 games: 4, 21, 21, 10, 20, 12, 18GSW18 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Boston by 31.

MEM over GSW1SAS over NOH2ATL over MIL5DAL over PHX6POR over SAC12CHI over NJN15HOU over MIN15PHI over WAS20OKC over DET20BOS over ORL31Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 39

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.
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 20, 34, 30, 33, 20, 17, 15, 39MIN vs HOU · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 18, 13, 28, 25, 11, 32, 25, 31HOU @ MIN · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 15, 10, 10, 7, 12, 22, 14, 29DAL vs PHX · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 20, 17, 7, 24, 8, 17, 10, 28SAS @ NOH · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 8, 8, 23, 21, 27, 15, 12, 26NOH vs SAS · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 24, 5, 11, 5, 22, 10, 8, 26POR vs SAC · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST