FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 23, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by TOR (vs PHI) and BOS (vs DEN).

Final
TOR91
PHI86
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +5
Final
OKC93
ATL103
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +10
Final
CHA90
CLE129
Q1 CLE +20; Q2 CLE +35; Q3 CLE +40; Q4 CLE +39
Final
IND87
MIA89
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +2
Final
ORL106
NYK113
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CHI102
DAL98
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +4
Final
NOP92
MIN84
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +8
Final
LAL85
SAS99
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +14
Final
BOS100
DEN99
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +1
Final
HOU113
PHX111
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +2
Final
SAC101
GSW126
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +25
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 23, 2014: 2 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR vs DEN), 44 points.
The lead · BOS @ DEN

Boston climbs out of an 8-point hole against Denver

Down 8 after one, the Celtics won the third quarter 33–26 and the game 100–99. Avery Bradley led Boston with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-8-6+1+1BOS AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS20223325100
DEN2820262599
Who led
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 21, 23, 17, 10, 17, 7, 3, 18, 18BOS18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Brandon BassPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 17, 10, 12, 8, 16, 17, 13, 17BOS17 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 3, 2, 7, 14, 16, 14, 8, 23DEN23 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 17, 22, 12, 16, 13, 2, 21, 20DEN20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 39.

BOS over DEN1MIA over IND2HOU over PHX2CHI over DAL4TOR over PHI5NYK over ORL7NOP over MIN8ATL over OKC10SAS over LAL14GSW over SAC25CLE over CHA39Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.9Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 52 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 52

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 24, 12, 19, 32, 27, 22, 27, 52GSW vs SAC · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +30.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gilbert Arenas WAS, Jan 15, 2007: 51 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Career high52 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 14, 34, 33, 25, 18, 16, 26, 34ORL @ NYK · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 30, 30, 26, 31, 12, 45, 33, 33HOU @ PHX · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 23, 32, 26, 32, 17, 22, 28, 28SAC @ GSW · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 17, 19, 11, 12, 16, 17, 33, 25PHX vs HOU · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 29, 17, 33, 36, 32, 26, 26, 25CLE vs CHA · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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
Mo WilliamsMIN+6.3 18.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.1 21.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.8 27.4 last 10 · 22.6 season
Nikola VucevicORL+4.6 24.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+4.3 19.4 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jeff GreenMEM−5.5 11.5 last 10 · 17.0 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.8 20.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.6 15.9 last 10 · 20.5 season