FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 19, 2015Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 98–94.

Final
MIN80
CHA105
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +17; Q3 CHA +31; Q4 CHA +25
Final
PHI76
WAS111
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +23; Q3 WAS +27; Q4 WAS +35
Final
DET82
ATL93
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +11
Final
BOS93
LAC102
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +9
Final
DEN79
GSW122
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +27; Q3 GSW +29; Q4 GSW +43
Final
DAL103
MEM95
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +8
Final
IND98
HOU110
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +12
Final
NOP92
NYK99
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CHI94
CLE108
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +22; Q4 CLE +14
Final
TOR92
MIL89
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +3
Final
LAL100
PHX115
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +15
Final
SAC94
POR98
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -8; Q4 POR +4
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 19, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (SAC @ OKC), 38 points.
The lead · SAC @ POR

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 8 after one, Portland outscored the Kings 75–63 the rest of the way. Final: 98–94. Damian Lillard led Portland with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-5-8+4POR AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3125191994
POR2328163198
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 39, 16, 16, 34, 15, 23, 23, 22POR22 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 5, 18, 18, 16, 8, 2, 25, 17POR17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 21, 12, 28, 22, 23, 4, 22, 26SAC26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 19, 18, 23, 32, 26, 32, 17, 22SAC22 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Second story · TOR @ MIL

Toronto holds off Milwaukee, 92–89

Toronto led 68–62 after three and held on to win by three. Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over MIL3POR over SAC4NYK over NOP7DAL over MEM8LAC over BOS9ATL over DET11HOU over IND12CLE over CHI14PHX over LAL15CHA over MIN25WAS over PHI35GSW over DEN43Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg6.5Last 3

6.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg37.6Today

38 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 45

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 21, 25, 30, 30, 26, 31, 12, 45HOU vs IND · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Monta Ellis GSW, Dec 20, 2010: 44 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Season high45 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 30, 29, 17, 33, 36, 32, 26CLE vs CHI · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 21, 12, 28, 22, 23, 4, 22, 26SAC @ POR · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 20, 19, 16, 23, 28, 5, 14, 25DAL @ MEM · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 18, 16, 25, 17, 9, 18, 21, 24PHX vs LAL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 25, 28, 34, 36, 13, 19, 25, 24NYK vs NOP · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Mo WilliamsMIN+6.0 18.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.9 21.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.3 15.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Brandon JenningsDET+5.1 20.3 last 10 · 15.2 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
Mario ChalmersMIA−4.4 6.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.3 3.6 last 10 · 7.9 season