FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 7, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by CHA (vs NOP) and PHX (vs MIN).

Final
NOP94
CHA98
Q1 CHA -7; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +4
Final
HOU105
CLE93
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +12
Final
MIL97
PHI77
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +20
Final
NYK91
WAS101
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +10
Final
MEM86
ATL96
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +10
Final
BOS89
BKN81
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +8
Final
UTA97
CHI77
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +20
Final
DET108
DAL95
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +13
Final
ORL90
DEN93
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +3
Final
PHX113
MIN111
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +2
Final
OKC83
SAC104
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +21
Final
IND102
GSW117
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +15
Final
LAL89
LAC114
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +22; Q3 LAC +36; Q4 LAC +25
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 7, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ UTA), 48 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIN

Phoenix takes over late to edge Minnesota

Down 7 after three, Phoenix won the fourth 42–33. Final: 113–111. Goran Dragic led Phoenix with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-5-3-7+2PHX AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX20252642113
MIN25233033111
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 16, 24, 22, 21, 10, 18, 16, 25PHX25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 7, 8, 17, 14, 21, 11, 7, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 27, 22, 10, 21, 27, 20, 20, 25MIN25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 6, 2, 6, 9, 8, 20, 17, 23MIN23 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
27.72013–14 avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 2013–14 (78 games). Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · NOP @ CHA

Charlotte handles New Orleans by 4

The Hornets won the fourth quarter 31–24. Final: 98–94. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over MIN2DEN over ORL3CHA over NOP4BOS over BKN8WAS over NYK10ATL over MEM10HOU over CLE12DET over DAL13GSW over IND15MIL over PHI20UTA over CHI20SAC over OKC21LAC over LAL25Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over NOP.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 40

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 25, 18, 15, 21, 14, 20, 19, 40GSW vs IND · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Apr 5, 1998: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 17, 29, 25, 35, 25, 23, 6, 38CLE vs HOU · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 38, 21, 22, 29, 19, 21, 7, 21, 32NOP @ CHA · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 6, 42, 28, 12, 10, 30, 33, 31CHA vs NOP · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 13, 16, 29, 25, 9, 21, 12, 28SAC vs OKC · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 16, 19, 10, 9, 12, 14, 17, 27DET @ DAL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 18 REB · 6 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
Kemba WalkerCHA+5.3 23.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Mason PlumleeBKN+4.8 14.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ronnie PriceLAL+4.6 10.1 last 10 · 5.5 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.5 15.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.5 26.7 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.5 17.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Jeff GreenBOS−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN−4.2 2.7 last 10 · 6.9 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.0 4.6 last 10 · 8.6 season