FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 5, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed BKN by 14 after the first quarter and won 96–88.

Final
CLE92
PHI95
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -13; Q3 PHI -8; Q4 PHI +3
Final · OT
DAL96
BKN88
Q1 DAL -14; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +8
Final
CHA104
BOS95
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +9
Final
HOU105
CHI114
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +9
Final
NYK83
MEM105
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +22
Final
DEN110
MIN101
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +21; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +9
Final
WAS92
NOP85
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +7
Final
IND105
UTA101
Q1 IND +15; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +4
Final
LAL94
POR98
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +4
Final
OKC91
GSW117
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +26
Final
ATL107
LAC98
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +9
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 5, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs TOR), 30 points.
The lead · DAL @ BKN

Dallas flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Brooklyn led 49–43 at the break. Tied 82–82 after regulation, Dallas won the extra time 14–6. Final: 96–88. Monta Ellis led Dallas with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-600+8DAL AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL212222171496
BKN35141617688
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 38, 18, 15, 15, 18, 20, 22, 20, 19DAL19 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 16, 22, 14, 30, 13, 17, 15, 15DAL15 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 6, 8, 0, 11, 29, 16, 16, 22BKN22 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 17, 27, 22, 16, 11, 6, 4, 20BKN20 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 30 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 26.

PHI over CLE3IND over UTA4POR over LAL4WAS over NOP7DAL over BKN8CHA over BOS9CHI over HOU9DEN over MIN9ATL over LAC9MEM over NYK22GSW over OKC26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 43, 17, 18, 40, 28, 11, 26, 16, 39POR vs LAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 9, 11, 13, 9, 11, 19, 23, 34DEN @ MIN · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 27, 6, 42, 28, 12, 10, 30, 33CHA @ BOS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 20, 14, 22, 20, 7, 27, 30, 28CLE @ PHI · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 18, 23, 8, 20, 10, 17, 29, 27CHI vs HOU · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 13, 15, 17, 15, 15, 8, 15, 27UTA vs IND · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jared DudleyMIL+4.7 11.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Ronnie PriceLAL+4.6 10.1 last 10 · 5.5 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.5 22.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.5 26.7 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Chris CopelandIND−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.3 10.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN−4.1 3.0 last 10 · 7.1 season
Jeff GreenBOS−4.1 13.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Trevor ArizaHOU−3.8 8.8 last 10 · 12.6 season