FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 6, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SAS by 17 after the first quarter and won 105–104.

Final
PHX102
MIL96
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +6
Final
DET105
SAS104
Q1 DET -17; Q2 DET -9; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +1
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 6, 2014: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ PHI), 26 points.
The lead · DET @ SAS

Detroit storms back from 17 down to beat San Antonio

The Pistons trailed by 17 after one and won 105–104. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 20 points, 17 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-9+5+1DET AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET20293323105
SAS37211927104
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 7, 18, 20, 16, 17, 7, 15, 20DET20 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 0, 5, 14, 0, 11, 5, 6, 19DET19 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Jeff AyresPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 11, 4, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 16SAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 21, 15, 20, 16, 9, 16, 4, 15SAS15 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHX @ MIL

Phoenix makes it three straight

Phoenix beat Milwaukee 102–96 and moved to 21–16. Markieff Morris led Phoenix with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · PHX
W@ NYK99–90W@ WAS104–92Wvs DAL124–115W@ SAC115–106W@ LAL116–107L@ NOP106–110L@ OKC134–137Wvs PHI112–96Wvs TOR125–109W@ MIL102–96PHX: last 10 games through Jan 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.1Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg22.5Today

22 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Markieff Morris leads the day with 26

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.
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 9, 17, 12, 13, 25, 21, 6, 26PHX @ MIL · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 34, 16, 10, 18, 26, 20, 17, 26MIL vs PHX · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 7, 18, 20, 16, 17, 7, 15, 20DET @ SAS · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 0, 5, 14, 0, 11, 5, 6, 19DET @ SAS · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 12, 17, 15, 5, 6, 12, 18, 19PHX @ MIL · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 17, 16, 19, 10, 9, 12, 14, 17DET @ SAS · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 11 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
Jared DudleyMIL+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Mason PlumleeBKN+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 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