FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 8, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIA by 5 after the first quarter and won 99–83.

Final
CHA103
TOR95
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +8
Final
HOU120
NYK96
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +24
Final
MIA83
POR99
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +16
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 8, 2014: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs LAL), 38 points.
The lead · MIA @ POR

Portland beats Miami, 99–83

Portland led 76–64 after three and won by 16. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-5+12+16POR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2325161983
POR1825332399
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 23, 32, 27, 25, 23, 30, 21, 24POR24 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 22, 25, 28, 19, 19, 5, 18POR18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 23, 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23MIA23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 34, 14, 22, 20, 18, 15, 26, 18MIA18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CHA @ TOR

Charlotte upsets Toronto

Charlotte (13–24) beat Toronto (24–10) 103–95. Gerald Henderson led Charlotte with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over TOR8POR over MIA16HOU over NYK24Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg8.4Last 3

8.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg26.2Today

26 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gerald Henderson leads the day with 31

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.
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 2, 7, 19, 16, 14, 9, 13, 16, 31CHA @ TOR · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 6, 42, 28, 12, 10, 30, 33, 31, 29CHA @ TOR · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 44, 32, 28, 33, 36, 11, 28, 20, 21, 25HOU @ NYK · W
26.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 22, 34, 25, 30, 25, 22, 19, 24TOR vs CHA · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 23, 32, 27, 25, 23, 30, 21, 24POR vs MIA · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 23, 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23MIA @ POR · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 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
Kemba WalkerCHA+6.1 24.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.8 14.7 last 10 · 9.9 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
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