FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 28, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 97–90.

Final
NOP100
CLE89
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +12; Q3 NOP +18; Q4 NOP +11
Final
ORL87
DET103
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +16
Final
BOS88
NYK114
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +26; Q3 NYK +27; Q4 NYK +26
Final
SAS90
HOU97
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MEM98
POR81
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +17
Final
WAS88
GSW85
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
Final
IND104
LAL92
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +12
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 28, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: Marc Gasol (MEM @ PHI), 27 points.
The lead · SAS @ HOU

Houston climbs out of an 8-point hole against San Antonio

Down 8 after one, the Rockets won the third quarter 33–18 and the game 97–90. Dwight Howard led Houston with 23 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-8-7+8+7HOU AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2818182690
HOU2019332597
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 12, 11, 20, 24, 26, 11, 10, 23HOU23 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 19, 12, 25, 16, 36, 9, 8, 21HOU21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 0, 3, 14, 4, 14, 21, 15, 22SAS22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 14, 27, 25, 12, 37, 11, 11, 17SAS17 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · WAS @ GSW

Washington holds off Golden State, 88–85

Washington led 66–65 after three and held on to win by three. Bradley Beal led Washington with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over GSW3HOU over SAS7NOP over CLE11IND over LAL12DET over ORL16MEM over POR17NYK over BOS26Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg31.3Today

31 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 30

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 22, 24, 31, 27, 16, 14, 22, 30NOP @ CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 26, 30, 27, 29, 44, 21, 10, 27POR vs MEM · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 20, 28, 26, 26, 28, 62, 35, 24NYK vs BOS · W
27.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 12, 11, 20, 24, 26, 11, 10, 23HOU vs SAS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 18, 23, 6, 12, 23, 15, 15, 23MEM @ POR · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 13, 21, 23, 26, 26, 10, 24, 23CLE vs NOP · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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+8.7 18.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.2 37.5 last 10 · 31.3 season
Courtney LeeMEM+5.7 15.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.6 16.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al JeffersonCHA+5.3 24.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesGSW−5.3 4.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kevin LoveMIN−4.9 20.0 last 10 · 24.9 season
James HardenHOU−3.5 20.2 last 10 · 23.7 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.3 8.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Damian LillardPOR−3.3 17.3 last 10 · 20.6 season