FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 14, 2015Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHI by 6 after the first quarter and won 105–99.

Final
SAS98
CHA93
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +5
Final
HOU113
ORL120
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +7
Final
MEM103
BKN92
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +11
Final
NOP105
DET94
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP +22; Q3 NOP +17; Q4 NOP +11
Final
PHI84
TOR100
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +16
Final
ATL105
BOS91
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +14
Final
WAS105
CHI99
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +6
Final
DAL107
DEN114
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +7
Final
MIA89
GSW104
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +15
Final
LAC100
POR94
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +6
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 14, 2014: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ MEM), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ CHI

Washington handles Chicago by 6

The Wizards won the third quarter 32–19. Final: 105–99. Paul Pierce led Washington with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-6-6+7+6WAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS26183229105
CHI3218193099
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 9, 12, 5, 14, 7, 11, 13, 22WAS22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 15, 15, 18, 16, 15, 25, 21WAS21 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 4, 17, 12, 19, 7, 19, 18, 32CHI32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 17, 29, 27, 13, 12, 46, 28, 13CHI13 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.9Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 38 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.2Season avg28.8Today

29 minutes today, against 2.2 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · HOU @ ORL

Orlando knocks off Houston, 120–113

The Rockets came in at 27–11; the Magic at 14–27. Victor Oladipo led Orlando with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over CHA5WAS over CHI6LAC over POR6ORL over HOU7DEN over DAL7MEM over BKN11NOP over DET11ATL over BOS14GSW over MIA15TOR over PHI16Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over HOU.
Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 37

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: 32, 27, 25, 23, 30, 21, 24, 25, 15, 37POR vs LAC · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 16, 17, 21, 17, 17, 18, 33, 32ORL vs HOU · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 25, 13, 32, 19, 21, 23, 27, 32GSW vs MIA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 4, 17, 12, 19, 7, 19, 18, 32CHI vs WAS · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 28, 16, 20, 25, 8, 23, 22, 29DEN vs DAL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 4, 17, 18, 5, 8, 15, 20, 29PHI @ TOR · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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+8.0 27.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Brandon JenningsDET+5.9 20.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.6 20.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.6 14.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN+4.6 21.6 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.2 16.5 last 10 · 22.7 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jeff GreenMEM−5.2 12.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−4.7 6.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Tony ParkerSAS−3.8 11.0 last 10 · 14.8 season