FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 17, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed IND by 4 after the first quarter and won 80–71.

Final · OT
IND71
CHA80
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +9
Final
PHI89
DET107
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +18
Final
WAS99
BKN90
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +9
Final
ATL107
CHI99
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +8
Final
GSW131
HOU106
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +25
Final
MIN113
DEN105
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +8
Final
POR98
MEM102
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +18; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +4
Final
LAC117
SAC108
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +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 17, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs GSW), 54 points.
The lead · IND @ CHA

Charlotte flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Indiana led 40–37 at the break. Tied 68–68 after regulation, Charlotte won the extra time 12–3. Final: 80–71. Gerald Henderson led Charlotte with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4-3-10+9CHA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND21191117371
CHA172013181280
Who led
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 14, 9, 13, 16, 31, 9, 11, 20CHA20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 16, 13, 8, 11, 8, 7, 8, 13CHA13 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 11, 10, 16, 11, 28, 12, 13, 19IND19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Donald SloanPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 16, 5, 14, 10, 9, 4, 11, 13IND13 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg4.6Last 3

4.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Houston by 25, the widest margin of 8 games.

MEM over POR4ATL over CHI8MIN over DEN8CHA over IND9WAS over BKN9LAC over SAC9DET over PHI18GSW over HOU25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 32

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: 25, 23, 30, 21, 24, 25, 15, 37, 24, 32POR @ MEM · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 20, 20, 25, 20, 18, 20, 17, 31MIN @ DEN · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 15, 26, 27, 22, 26, 18, 34, 30LAC @ SAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 32, 19, 21, 23, 27, 32, 19, 27GSW @ HOU · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 20, 19, 40, 24, 12, 19, 32, 27GSW @ HOU · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 7, 12, 19, 18, 8, 10, 17, 26LAC @ SAC · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 10 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
Kemba WalkerCHA+8.0 27.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Brandon JenningsDET+7.1 22.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+6.7 21.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.7 15.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Mo WilliamsMIN+5.5 18.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.8 15.8 last 10 · 22.6 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.8 15.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−4.4 6.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.3 3.6 last 10 · 7.9 season