FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 18, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed WAS by 8 at halftime and won 104–98.

Final
LAC92
IND106
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +14
Final
DET104
WAS98
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +6
Final · OT
MIA104
CHA96
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +8
Final
PHI78
CHI103
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +20; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +25
Final
MIL104
HOU114
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +10
Final
UTA72
MIN98
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +28; Q3 MIN +34; Q4 MIN +26
Final
GSW97
NOP87
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +10
Final
POR127
DAL111
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +34; Q4 POR +16
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 18, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ DAL), 52 points.
The lead · DET @ WAS

Detroit rallies from 8 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 8 at the half, Detroit outscored the Wizards 58–44 the rest of the way. Final: 104–98. Josh Smith led Detroit with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-7-8+3+6DET AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET22243325104
WAS2925222298
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 16, 13, 21, 13, 22, 25, 4, 22DET22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 14, 6, 0, 14, 0, 8, 21, 20DET20 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 17, 20, 13, 23, 19, 25, 23, 34WAS34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 10, 6, 4, 3, 12, 11, 14, 15WAS15 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 38 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 14 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Utah by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

DET over WAS6MIA over CHA8HOU over MIL10GSW over NOP10IND over LAC14POR over DAL16CHI over PHI25MIN over UTA26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Terrence Jones 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.
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 6, 15, 6, 19, 12, 25, 16, 36HOU vs MIL · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +25.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 24, 16, 11, 28, 8, 31, 25, 36IND vs LAC · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 15, 30, 32, 32, 36, 25, 21, 34MIA @ CHA · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 17, 20, 13, 23, 19, 25, 23, 34WAS vs DET · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 10, 22, 21, 21, 28, 22, 24, 31NOP vs GSW · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 10, 29, 24, 36, 21, 32, 26, 30POR @ DAL · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 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
Kevin DurantOKC+6.2 36.8 last 10 · 30.6 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.8 16.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
CJ MilesCLE+5.0 15.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Darren CollisonLAC+4.8 14.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.2 20.0 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Caron ButlerMIL−5.0 5.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.4 9.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−4.2 3.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.0 6.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Khris MiddletonMIL−3.9 6.8 last 10 · 10.7 season