FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 18, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed TOR by 7 after three quarters and won 95–93.

Final
NOP95
TOR93
Q1 NOP +7; Q2 NOP +14; Q3 NOP -7; Q4 NOP +2
Final
OKC127
ORL99
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +34; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +28
Final
UTA69
SAS89
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +20
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 18, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Terrence Jones (HOU vs MIL), 36 points.
The lead · NOP @ TOR

New Orleans takes over late to edge Toronto

Down 7 after three, New Orleans won the fourth 31–22. Final: 95–93. Tyreke Evans led New Orleans with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+14-7+2NOP AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP2129143195
TOR1422352293
Who led
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 21, 21, 10, 21, 19, 18, 8, 26NOP26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Alexis AjincaPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 2, 6, 0, 3, 2, 0, 16, 22NOP22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 7, 20, 23, 27, 0, 20, 25, 22TOR22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 7, 20, 17, 15, 19, 15, 19, 5, 17TOR17 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg33.9Today

34 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · UTA @ SAS

San Antonio leads Utah wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 89–69. Best quarter: the first, 23–15. Tiago Splitter led San Antonio with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over TOR2SAS over UTA20OKC over ORL28Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over UTA.
Top performances

Tyreke Evans 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.
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 21, 21, 10, 21, 19, 18, 8, 26NOP @ TOR · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 21, 17, 17, 18, 33, 32, 16, 23ORL vs OKC · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Alexis AjincaPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 2, 6, 0, 3, 2, 0, 16, 22NOP @ TOR · W
5.2 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 7, 20, 23, 27, 0, 20, 25, 22TOR vs NOP · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24, 36, 21OKC @ ORL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 7, 2, 2, 9, 10, 15, 22, 19ORL vs OKC · L
7.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.5 19.6 last 10 · 25.1 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.8 15.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−4.4 6.3 last 10 · 10.7 season