FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 8, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed GSW by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–98.

Final
DAL90
SAS112
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +22
Final
DET91
TOR112
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +21
Final
IND87
ATL97
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +10
Final
GSW98
BKN102
Q1 BKN -10; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN +4
Final
LAL99
HOU113
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +14
Final
WAS102
NOP96
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +6
Final
PHX104
MIN103
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +1
Final
ORL94
POR110
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +16
Final
BOS105
LAC111
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +6
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 8, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs LAL), 31 points.
The lead · GSW @ BKN

Brooklyn climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 10 after one. Brooklyn won it 102–98. Joe Johnson led Brooklyn with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+7-1+4BKN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW3220242298
BKN22371627102
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 12, 6, 9, 9, 9, 2, 23, 27BKN27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 20, 12, 6, 11, 7, 12, 3, 17BKN17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 14, 29, 9, 36, 22, 14, 15, 34GSW34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 17, 19, 22, 32, 23, 21, 22, 20GSW20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ORL @ POR

Orlando's skid reaches five

Portland won 110–94; the Magic fall to 10–25. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 36 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · ORL
Lvs UTA82–86Lvs SAC100–105Lvs NYK98–103Wvs DET109–92Wvs ATL109–102Lvs GSW81–94L@ CLE81–87Lvs MIA94–110L@ LAC81–101L@ POR94–110ORL: last 10 games through Jan 8, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 37 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg13.4Last 3

13.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.2Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 5.2 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 38

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: 25, 19, 12, 28, 27, 21, 8, 38, 37, 38HOU vs LAL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 32, 22, 28, 25, 10, 29, 24, 36POR vs ORL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 14, 29, 9, 36, 22, 14, 15, 34GSW @ BKN · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 35, 40, 15, 31, 25, 19, 16, 29LAC vs BOS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 26, 24, 21, 12, 24, 16, 11, 28IND @ ATL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 12, 6, 9, 9, 9, 2, 23, 27BKN vs GSW · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 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+6.5 21.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.7 22.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.2 26.2 last 10 · 22.0 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+4.1 21.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Darren CollisonLAC+4.0 13.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Bradley BealWAS−4.2 13.5 last 10 · 17.7 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−3.9 10.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Caron ButlerMIL−3.3 7.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.2 5.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
David WestIND−3.1 9.1 last 10 · 12.2 season