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
Celtics100
Wizards94
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +6
Final · Box score
Raptors91
Clippers103
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +12
Final · Box score
Bucks91
Heat82
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +9
Final · Box score
Bobcats87
Nets97
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +14; Q4 NJN +10
Final · Box score
Pacers98
Lakers96
Q1 IND -13; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +2
On this day · 2010–11Jan 22, 2011: 13 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Heat-Raptors), 38 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Lakers

Indiana climbs out of a 13-point hole against Lakers

Paul Pierce goes for 34 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-3-1+2IND AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers1435282198
Lakers2725261896
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 · Bucks-Heat

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.
Lead changes
Bucks-Heat19
Pacers-Lakers14
Celtics-Wizards11
Bobcats-Nets3
Raptors-Clippers0
The night in charts
Pacers-Lakers combined for 194
Points by game
Pacers-LakersPacers 98, Lakers 96
194
Celtics-WizardsCeltics 100, Wizards 94
194
Raptors-ClippersRaptors 91, Clippers 103
194
Bobcats-NetsBobcats 87, Nets 97
184
Bucks-HeatBucks 91, Heat 82
173
IND won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Pacers-LakersPacers 98, Lakers 96
+2 IND
Celtics-WizardsCeltics 100, Wizards 94
+6 BOS
Bucks-HeatBucks 91, Heat 82
+9 MIL
Bobcats-NetsBobcats 87, Nets 97
+10 NJN
Raptors-ClippersRaptors 91, Clippers 103
+12 LAC
IND erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-LakersIND won · Pacers 98, Lakers 96
13 pts
Bucks-HeatMIL won · Bucks 91, Heat 82
3 pts
Celtics-WizardsBOS won · Celtics 100, Wizards 94
1 pt
KG shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KGBOS · 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
HibbertIND · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST
69% (9-13)
PierceBOS · 34 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB, 3 STL
67% (10-15)
McGeeWAS · 13 PTS, 3 REB, 3 BLK, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
ButlerLAC · 15 PTS, 2 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
Final · Pacers-Lakers
Pacers 98Lakers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers1435282198
Lakers2725261896
The story
Danny Granger had 16 points as Indiana beat Los Angeles 98-96

Pau Gasol led Los Angeles with 10 AST, 8 PTS, 8 REB 16 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 4-14 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 13 after the first, the Pacers took the second 35-25.

IND lead by quarter
200 −13−3−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kobe Bryant led the game in fantasy with 45.6 FPTS (33 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST)

Final · Celtics-Wizards
Celtics 100Wizards 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics20292427100
Wizards2119292594
The story
Kevin Garnett's 17 points carried Boston past Washington, 100-94

For Washington, JaVale McGee had 13 PTS, 3 REB 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 7-10 FG

The swing

The Celtics trailed by 1 going into the second, then won it 29-19.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −1+9+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Heat
Bucks 91Heat 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks1828192691
Heat2120221982
The story
Milwaukee beat Miami 91-82 behind 23 points from Brandon Jennings

Chris Bosh paced Miami: 23 PTS, 6 REB 23 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST · 5-20 FG, 1-10 3PT

The swing

A 28-20 second quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Bucks.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −3+5+2+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James topped the game at 51.1 FPTS: 28 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
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

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 10, 7, 13, 21, 24, 8, 12, 34Celtics-Wizards · 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, 33Lakers-Pacers · 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, 28Heat-Bucks · 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, 27Wizards-Celtics · 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, 26Clippers-Raptors · 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, 23Bucks-Heat · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST