FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 3, 2014Regular season · 7 games
← Jan 2CalendarJan 4 →

7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by HOU (vs NYK) and GSW (vs ATL).

Final
TOR101
WAS88
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +23; Q4 TOR +13
Final
GSW101
ATL100
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW -8; Q4 GSW +1
Final
NOP95
BOS92
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP +3
Final
NYK100
HOU102
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +2
Final
LAC119
DAL112
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +7
Final
MEM108
DEN111
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +3
Final
UTA99
LAL110
Q1 LAL +18; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +11
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 3, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs SAS), 23 points.
The lead · GSW @ ATL

Golden State rallies from 8 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 8 after three, Golden State outscored the Hawks 37–28 the rest of the way. Final: 101–100. David Lee led Golden State with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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+30-8+1GSW AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW24221837101
ATL21252628100
Who led
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 19, 28, 23, 17, 19, 22, 32, 23GSW23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 18, 14, 15, 14, 29, 9, 36, 22GSW22 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Pero AnticPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 0, 7, 0, 3, 3, 5, 5, 16ATL16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Shelvin MackPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 6, 6, 3, 10, 5, 14, 5, 15ATL15 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Toronto by 13.

GSW over ATL1HOU over NYK2NOP over BOS3DEN over MEM3LAC over DAL7LAL over UTA11TOR over WAS13Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg29.2Last 5

29.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 15 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 37

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 19, 12, 28, 27, 21, 8, 38, 37HOU vs NYK · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Iman ShumpertPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 1, 2, 9, 8, 0, 6, 27, 26NYK @ HOU · L
7.4 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 24, 32, 20, 35, 40, 15, 31, 25LAC @ DAL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
DeAndre JordanPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 7, 4, 13, 2, 4, 2, 6, 25LAC @ DAL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 14, 25, 22, 23, 20, 10, 20, 25MEM @ DEN · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 26, 35, 32, 29, 30, 19, 27, 25NYK @ HOU · L
26.2 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Brandon KnightMIL+5.4 20.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.0 31.3 last 10 · 26.3 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.9 27.0 last 10 · 22.1 season
Nick YoungLAL+4.8 21.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
David LeeGSW+4.7 23.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Kevin MartinMIN−5.7 14.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Corey BrewerMIN−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−3.8 7.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.6 14.4 last 10 · 18.0 season