FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 26, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CLE by 18 at halftime and won 99–90.

Final
SAS101
MIA113
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +12
Final
LAL103
NYK110
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +7
Final
PHX99
CLE90
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -18; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +9
Final
ORL92
NOP100
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +8
Final
BKN85
BOS79
Q1 BKN -6; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +6
Final
DET106
DAL116
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +10
Final
POR88
GSW103
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +15
Final
DEN125
SAC117
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +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 26, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: Jrue Holiday (PHI vs NYK), 35 points.
The lead · PHX @ CLE

Phoenix erases 18-point lead, steals one from Cleveland

Cleveland led 61–43 at halftime. Phoenix won the second half 56–29 to take it 99–90. Markieff Morris led Phoenix with 27 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-18+1+9PHX AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2221253199
CLE293262390
Who led
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 0, 2, 24, 23, 16, 20, 13, 27PHX27 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 21, 10, 20, 6, 30, 10, 16, 16PHX16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 7, 13, 21, 23, 26, 26, 10, 24CLE24 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 12, 27, 25, 18, 20, 11, 9, 18CLE18 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · BKN @ BOS

Brooklyn makes it five straight

Brooklyn beat Boston 85–79 and moved to 20–22. Andray Blatche led Brooklyn with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · BKN
Wvs CLE89–82Wvs ATL91–86Wvs GSW102–98Wvs MIA104–95L@ TOR80–96W@ ATL127–110W@ NYK103–80Wvs ORL101–90Wvs DAL107–106W@ BOS85–79BKN: last 10 games through Jan 26, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.0Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 27.0 in 40 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg41.0Today

41 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 34, 19, 24, 37, 28, 24, 33, 38GSW vs POR · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 29, 20, 28, 26, 26, 28, 62, 35NYK vs LAL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 40, 15, 27, 21, 18, 17, 18, 28DAL vs DET · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 0, 2, 24, 23, 16, 20, 13, 27PHX @ CLE · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 16, 23, 22, 19, 17, 13, 12, 27DEN @ SAC · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 19, 8, 11, 14, 0, 30, 28, 26DET @ DAL · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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
D.J. AugustinCHI+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Kevin DurantOKC+7.1 38.2 last 10 · 31.1 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.6 16.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al JeffersonCHA+5.3 24.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+4.0 21.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
Kevin LoveMIN−5.3 19.5 last 10 · 24.8 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.6 5.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Damian LillardPOR−3.9 16.8 last 10 · 20.7 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI−3.6 13.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.6 14.9 last 10 · 18.5 season