FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 10, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by ATL (vs HOU) and DET (vs PHI).

Final · Box score
WAS66
IND93
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +27
Final · Box score
DET114
PHI104
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +10
Final · Box score
HOU80
ATL83
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +3
Final · 2OT · Box score
MIA95
BKN104
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN 0; OT2 BKN +9
Final · Box score
PHX99
MEM104
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +5
Final · Box score
CHA92
MIN119
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +20; Q3 MIN +25; Q4 MIN +27
Final · Box score
DAL107
NOP90
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +17
Final · Box score
CHI81
MIL72
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +9
Final · Box score
CLE113
UTA102
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
ORL83
SAC103
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +20
Final · Box score
BOS97
GSW99
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +2
Final · Box score
LAL87
LAC123
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +41; Q4 LAC +36
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 10, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs DAL), 29 points.
The lead · HOU @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 8 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 8 after one, Atlanta outscored the Rockets 73–62 the rest of the way. Final: 83–80. Paul Millsap led Atlanta with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-2+5+3ATL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1823192080
ATL1029261883
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 33, 17, 34, 12, 16, 16, 4, 20ATL20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 8, 8, 14, 5, 8, 7, 17, 20ATL20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 28, 27, 21, 8, 38, 37, 38, 25HOU25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 15, 2, 24, 9, 15, 15, 20, 15HOU15 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg51Today

51 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Clippers post the night's biggest win

Clippers beat Lakers by 36, the widest margin of 12 games.

GSW over BOS2ATL over HOU3MEM over PHX5BKN over MIA9CHI over MIL9DET over PHI10CLE over UTA11DAL over NOP17SAC over ORL20IND over WAS27MIN over CHA27LAC over LAL36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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: 38, 19, 33, 26, 26, 15, 30, 32, 32, 36MIA @ BKN · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 40, 15, 31, 25, 19, 16, 29, 33LAC vs LAL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 6, 9, 9, 9, 2, 23, 27, 32BKN vs MIA · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 11, 14, 26, 11, 23, 15, 30, 31MEM vs PHX · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 18, 17, 12, 12, 21, 15, 23, 27NOP vs DAL · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 18, 19, 18, 22, 31, 16, 17, 26MIN vs CHA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Thaddeus YoungPHI+4.8 22.7 last 10 · 17.9 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+4.5 11.1 last 10 · 6.6 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.2 19.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.1 22.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
CJ MilesCLE+4.0 14.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Bradley BealWAS−3.9 13.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−3.6 9.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Caron ButlerMIL−3.6 7.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Martell WebsterWAS−3.3 8.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.2 5.2 last 10 · 8.4 season