FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 30, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHX102
IND94
Q1 PHX +17; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +8
Final
CLE86
NYK117
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +24; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +31
Final
LAC92
GSW111
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +23; Q4 GSW +19
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 30, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: JJ Redick (ORL @ NYK), 29 points.
The lead · PHX @ IND

Phoenix keeps rolling, beats Indiana

That is four in a row. Final: 102–94. Goran Dragic led Phoenix with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+17+17+3+8PHX AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX36301125102
IND1930252094
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 28, 15, 21, 19, 15, 24, 30, 28PHX28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 13, 10, 5, 4, 7, 4, 16, 16PHX16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 11, 4, 14, 6, 10, 5, 11, 26IND26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 12, 4, 17, 13, 22, 16, 19, 18IND18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAC @ GSW

Golden State leads Clippers wire to wire

Golden State was ahead at every break and won 111–92. Best quarter: the first, 32–21. David Lee led Golden State with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over IND8GSW over LAC19NYK over CLE31Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.1Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.1 in 42 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg15.9Last 3

15.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.9Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 29

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 28, 26, 26, 28, 62, 35, 24, 29NYK vs CLE · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 5, 12, 4, 6, 11, 6, 10, 18, 16, 29NYK vs CLE · W
9.1 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 28, 15, 21, 19, 15, 24, 30, 28PHX @ IND · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 19, 25, 27, 26, 30, 20, 29, 27LAC @ GSW · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 11, 4, 14, 6, 10, 5, 11, 26IND vs PHX · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 21, 23, 26, 26, 10, 24, 23, 24CLE @ NYK · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 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
D.J. AugustinCHI+8.0 18.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Al JeffersonCHA+7.6 26.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Randy FoyeDEN+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.5 37.8 last 10 · 31.3 season
Courtney LeeMEM+5.1 14.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.9 5.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jordan CrawfordGSW−4.5 8.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jarrett JackCLE−3.5 5.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kevin LoveMIN−3.5 21.5 last 10 · 25.0 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.5 10.4 last 10 · 13.9 season