FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 27, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIA by 9 after three quarters and won 93–88.

Final · Box score
Heat88
Knicks93
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -9; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
Rockets106
Mavs111
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
Celtics88
Blazers78
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +10
On this day · 2009–10Jan 27, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (Hornets-Warriors), 38 points.
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The lead · Heat-Knicks

New York climbs out of a 9-point hole against Miami

Dwyane Wade goes for 34 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-2-9+5NYK AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2424251588
Knicks2323182993
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 22, 25, 41, 25, 18, 18, 30, 24NYK24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 10, 19, 17, 11, 16, 23, 17, 20NYK20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33, 27, 34MIA34 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 38, 25, 26, 44, 27, 34, 38, 24MIA24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Rockets-Mavs

Dallas never trails at a break against Houston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 111–106. Tyson Chandler led Dallas with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIA5DAL over HOU5BOS over POR10Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over HOU.
Lead changes
Heat-Knicks16
Celtics-Blazers9
Rockets-Mavs0
The night in charts
Rockets-Mavs combined for 217, 36 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-MavsRockets 106, Mavs 111
217
Heat-KnicksHeat 88, Knicks 93
181
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 88, Blazers 78
166
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Heat-KnicksHeat 88, Knicks 93
+5 NYK
Rockets-MavsRockets 106, Mavs 111
+5 DAL
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 88, Blazers 78
+10 BOS
Hayes shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HayesHOU · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
BareaDAL · 19 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
80% (8-10)
ScolaHOU · 30 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST
67% (14-21)
D WadeMIA · 34 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
64% (14-22)
Amar'eNYK · 24 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
59% (10-17)
Final · Heat-Knicks
Heat 88Knicks 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2424251588
Knicks2323182993
The story
Amar'e Stoudemire had 24 points as New York beat Miami 93-88

James Jones led Miami with 15 PTS, 5 REB 24 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST · 10-17 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the third, the Knicks took the fourth 29-15.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −1−2−9+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Mavs
Rockets 106Mavs 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets15323425106
Mavs33312423111
The story
Tyson Chandler's 21 points and 15 rebounds carried Dallas past Houston, 111-106

For Houston, Kevin Martin had 27 PTS, 4 REB 21 PTS, 15 REB · 5-8 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 33-15, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +18+17+7+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Luis Scola was the fantasy play: 43.1 FPTS on 30 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST

Final · Celtics-Blazers
Celtics 88Blazers 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2120232488
Blazers1819212078
The story
Boston beat Portland 88-78 behind 17 points from Paul Pierce

Andre Miller paced Portland: 14 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB 17 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 7-14 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 24-20 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +3+4+6+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LaMarcus Aldridge topped the game at 42.7 FPTS: 17 PTS, 16 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.9Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 34

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33, 27, 34Heat-Knicks · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 20, 19, 13, 19, 15, 20, 16, 30Rockets-Mavs · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 10, 36, 21, 32, 18, 34, 8, 27Rockets-Mavs · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 38, 25, 26, 44, 27, 34, 38, 24Heat-Knicks · L
25.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 22, 25, 41, 25, 18, 18, 30, 24Knicks-Heat · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 6, 13, 8, 6, 12, 19, 21, 21Mavs-Rockets · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Joe JohnsonATL+5.2 24.8 last 10 · 19.6 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+5.2 21.0 last 10 · 15.8 season
Nick YoungWAS+5.0 21.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Ryan AndersonORL+4.7 15.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
LeBron JamesMIA+4.3 30.1 last 10 · 25.8 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.9 7.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.6 16.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.4 7.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.2 18.9 last 10 · 23.1 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.8 12.0 last 10 · 15.8 season