FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 28, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed UTA by 4 after three quarters and won 94–89.

Final
POR94
CLE99
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +5
Final
DET69
PHI89
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +20
Final
SAC102
TOR119
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +17
Final
BKN102
ATL113
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +11
Final
DAL94
HOU99
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +5
Final
BOS98
MIN110
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +12
Final
DEN93
NOP85
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +8
Final
OKC92
NYK100
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +8
Final
CHA86
SAS95
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +9
Final
LAC94
UTA89
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +5
Final
WAS98
PHX106
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +8
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 28, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP @ CLE), 30 points.
The lead · LAC @ UTA

Clippers extend win streak to 6

94–89 over Utah. Record: 32–14. Chris Paul led Clippers with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-2-1-4+5LAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2425192694
UTA2624221789
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 23, 15, 12, 9, 6, 23, 15, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 25, 13, 13, 16, 17, 10, 23, 21LAC21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 13, 7, 4, 24, 23, 10, 20, 21UTA21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 15, 22, 18, 9, 12, 9, 13, 18UTA18 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.3Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · OKC @ NYK

New York upsets OKC

New York (8–37) beat OKC (23–22) 100–92. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over POR5HOU over DAL5LAC over UTA5DEN over NOP8NYK over OKC8PHX over WAS8SAS over CHA9ATL over BKN11MIN over BOS12TOR over SAC17PHI over DET20Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over OKC.
Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 55

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 22, 37, 18, 18, 18, 21, 38, 55CLE vs POR · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +33.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Murray DEN, Feb 12, 2025: 55 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Career high55 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 17, 17, 19, 32, 22, 22, 18, 40OKC @ NYK · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Lamond Murray CLE, Jan 2, 2002: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 25, 15, 37, 24, 32, 10, 26, 38POR @ CLE · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 5, 14, 25, 7, 17, 36, 19, 33DAL @ HOU · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 36, 13, 19, 25, 24, 27, 25, 31NYK vs OKC · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 18, 16, 16, 20, 12, 22, 20, 28ATL vs BKN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 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
Mo WilliamsMIN+5.0 17.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Nikola VucevicORL+5.0 24.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.8 15.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Victor OladipoORL+4.8 21.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.6 27.6 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−5.3 14.8 last 10 · 20.1 season
Jeff GreenMEM−4.9 11.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Al JeffersonCHA−4.8 12.6 last 10 · 17.4 season