FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 3, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed BOS by 6 after the first quarter and won 109–104.

Final
CHA98
ORL90
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +23; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +8
Final · OT
BOS104
CHI109
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +5
Final
MIA79
HOU115
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +34; Q4 HOU +36
Final
UTA101
MIN89
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +12
Final
WAS92
SAS101
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +9
Final
MEM85
DEN114
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +29
Final
ATL115
POR107
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +8
Final
PHI91
LAC127
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +36
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 · 2013–14Jan 3, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs NYK), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ CHI

Chicago outlasts Boston in overtime

99–99 at the end of regulation. Chicago took the last extra period 10–5. Final: 109–104. Pau Gasol led Chicago with 29 points, 16 rebounds and 2 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.Final0-6+600+5CHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS231729305104
CHI1729233010109
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 14, 18, 23, 8, 20, 10, 17, 29CHI29 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 17, 13, 13, 13, 2, 4, 12, 19CHI19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 10, 7, 3, 3, 11, 10, 9, 29BOS29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 14, 4, 20, 17, 2, 9, 22, 17BOS17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Miami by 36, the widest margin of 8 games.

CHI over BOS5CHA over ORL8ATL over POR8SAS over WAS9UTA over MIN12DEN over MEM29HOU over MIA36LAC over PHI36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg37.7Today

38 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge 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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 35, 19, 23, 23, 32, 27, 25, 23, 30POR vs ATL · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 18, 27, 6, 42, 28, 12, 10, 30CHA @ ORL · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 14, 18, 23, 8, 20, 10, 17, 29CHI vs BOS · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 10, 7, 3, 3, 11, 10, 9, 29BOS @ CHI · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 11, 10, 8, 17, 11, 26, 8, 28UTA @ MIN · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 41, 21, 18, 44, 32, 28, 33, 36, 11, 28HOU vs MIA · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Mason PlumleeBKN+7.3 16.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jared DudleyMIL+5.4 12.6 last 10 · 7.2 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+5.3 19.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.7 22.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
CJ MilesIND+3.9 15.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jeremy LambOKC−5.3 3.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 19.7 last 10 · 23.8 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.9 5.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jeff GreenBOS−3.7 14.5 last 10 · 18.2 season