FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 1, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIA by 17 after the first quarter and won 105–97.

Final · Box score
WAS103
ORL109
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +6
Final · Box score
CHI82
PHI98
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +16
Final · Box score
TOR64
BOS100
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +28; Q4 BOS +36
Final · Box score
DET96
NJN99
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +3
Final · Box score
OKC95
DAL86
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +9
Final · Box score
MIA97
MIL105
Q1 MIL -17; Q2 MIL -13; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +8
Final · Box score
IND109
MIN99
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +10
Final · Box score
PHX120
NOH103
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +17
Final · Box score
HOU91
SAS99
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS -13; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +8
Final · Box score
CHA68
POR112
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +26; Q3 POR +44; Q4 POR +44
Final · Box score
LAC107
UTA105
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +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 · 2010–11Feb 1, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR vs SAS), 40 points.
The lead · MIA @ MIL

Brandon Jennings drops 31 in 17-point comeback win over Miami

Miami led by 17 after one. Final: 105–97. LeBron James scored 40 for Miami in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-17-13-3+8MIL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA4020191897
MIL23242929105
Who led
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 36, 23, 19, 20, 25, 12, 21, 31MIL31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 10, 2, 13, 11, 23, 23, 16, 17MIL17 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 28, 28, 18, 32, 31, 35, 22, 40MIA40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 12, 34, 17, 12, 28, 15, 22, 23MIA23 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAS

San Antonio climbs out of a 13-point hole against Houston

Down 13 at the half, the Spurs won the fourth quarter 32–20 and the game 99–91. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs HOU
Tim Duncan · SASKevin Martin · HOUPTS2529REB79AST04Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
20.3Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg8.9Last 3

8.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 28, 28, 18, 32, 31, 35, 22, 40MIA @ MIL · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1998: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 26, 16, 16, 22, 21, 24, 21, 36IND @ MIN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 11, 27, 33, 4, 18, 25, 26, 34LAC @ UTA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 26, 36, 21, 24, 14, 28, 31, 33OKC @ DAL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 14, 21, 18, 26, 20, 17, 22, 31LAC @ UTA · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 36, 23, 19, 20, 25, 12, 21, 31MIL vs MIA · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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 MartinHOU+4.2 25.2 last 10 · 20.9 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET+3.9 16.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.7 25.6 last 10 · 21.9 season
Danny GrangerIND+3.6 21.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
James JohnsonTOR+3.5 10.4 last 10 · 6.9 season
Cold
Kyle LowryHOU−3.2 11.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Tyler HansbroughIND−3.1 6.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−2.4 12.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Byron MullensCHA−2.4 8.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Amir JohnsonTOR−2.3 4.1 last 10 · 6.4 season