FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 20, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed LAL by 3 at halftime and won 102–100.

Final
DAL102
CLE97
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +5
Final
LAC112
DET103
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +9
Final
TOR95
CHA100
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +19; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +5
Final
PHI99
WAS107
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +8
Final
BKN103
NYK80
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +14; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +23
Final
NOP95
MEM92
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP -1; Q4 NOP +3
Final
MIA114
ATL121
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +7
Final · OT
LAL100
CHI102
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +2
Final
POR113
HOU126
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +13
Final
IND102
GSW94
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +8
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 20, 2013: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ DEN), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHI

Chicago needs overtime to survive Lakers

Tied 93–93 after regulation. Chicago won the final period 9–7 for a 102–100 win. D.J. Augustin led Chicago with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5-3-30+2CHI AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL262620217100
CHI311820249102
Who led
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 13, 6, 20, 7, 19, 16, 19, 27CHI27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 14, 8, 19, 8, 26, 9, 21, 17CHI17 PTS · 21 REB · 6 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 21, 2, 25, 11, 28, 9, 29, 31LAL31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 15, 21, 10, 20, 24, 24, 22, 20LAL20 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 29 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Brooklyn by 23.

CHI over LAL2NOP over MEM3DAL over CLE5CHA over TOR5ATL over MIA7WAS over PHI8IND over GSW8LAC over DET9HOU over POR13BKN over NYK23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Chandler Parsons leads the day with 31

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.
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 15, 13, 17, 14, 17, 14, 8, 31HOU vs POR · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 13, 33, 21, 11, 20, 7, 10, 31PHI @ WAS · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 21, 2, 25, 11, 28, 9, 29, 31LAL @ CHI · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 30, 32, 32, 36, 25, 21, 34, 30MIA @ ATL · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 6, 0, 14, 0, 8, 21, 20, 29DET vs LAC · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 29, 24, 36, 21, 32, 26, 30, 27POR @ HOU · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 20 REB · 3 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
Randy FoyeDEN+5.8 16.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+5.7 14.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kevin DurantOKC+5.5 36.1 last 10 · 30.6 season
CJ MilesCLE+5.2 15.4 last 10 · 10.2 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.4 20.3 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Khris MiddletonMIL−5.4 5.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Caron ButlerMIL−5.0 5.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.9 11.1 last 10 · 16.0 season
O.J. MayoMIL−4.3 8.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.6 14.7 last 10 · 18.3 season