FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 31, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed UTA by 7 at halftime and won 95–90.

Final
MIL102
ORL113
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +21; Q3 ORL +24; Q4 ORL +11
Final
ATL125
PHI99
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +27; Q4 ATL +26
Final
OKC120
BKN95
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +28; Q3 OKC +30; Q4 OKC +25
Final
MEM94
MIN90
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +4
Final
SAC103
DAL107
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +4
Final
TOR100
DEN90
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +10
Final
CHA110
LAL100
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +10
Final
GSW95
UTA90
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +5
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 31, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs MEM), 27 points.
The lead · GSW @ UTA

Stephen Curry scores 44 as Golden State beats Utah

Golden State won 95–90. Stephen Curry: 44 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-7-5+5GSW AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2318252995
UTA2127231990
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 37, 28, 24, 33, 38, 23, 22, 44GSW44 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 8, 10, 10, 8, 4, 4, 14, 16GSW16 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 34, 20, 6, 18, 18, 15, 10, 26UTA26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 11, 25, 18, 4, 4, 24, 16, 15UTA15 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ DAL

Sacramento's skid reaches six

Dallas won 107–103; the Kings fall to 15–31. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · SAC
W@ MIN111–108L@ MEM90–91L@ OKC93–108W@ NOP114–97L@ HOU98–119Lvs IND111–116Lvs DEN117–125L@ UTA99–106Lvs MEM89–99L@ DAL103–107SAC: last 10 games through Jan 31, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg16.2Last 3

16.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 46 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg38.5Today

39 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 44

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: 19, 24, 37, 28, 24, 33, 38, 23, 22, 44GSW @ UTA · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mike Bibby SAC, Jan 24, 2006: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Season high44 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 30, 22, 22, 24, 25, 32, 35, 40CHA @ LAL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Bosh TOR, Nov 18, 2008: 40 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Ties career high40 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 12, 33, 19, 6, 41, 4, 23, 35SAC @ DAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 40, 15, 27, 21, 18, 17, 18, 28, 38, 34DAL vs SAC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 12, 18, 19, 16, 13, 21, 16, 29PHI vs ATL · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 16, 18, 19, 26, 15, 31, 30, 28MIN vs MEM · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 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
Al JeffersonCHA+9.0 28.9 last 10 · 19.9 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+8.0 18.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kevin DurantOKC+5.9 37.1 last 10 · 31.2 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.8 17.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Courtney LeeMEM+5.7 15.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordGSW−5.0 7.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.7 5.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Tony WrotenPHI−4.3 8.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Marc GasolMEM−4.2 9.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jarrett JackCLE−3.5 5.4 last 10 · 8.9 season