FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 29, 2015Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NYK by 7 after the first quarter and won 103–82.

Final
NYK82
IND103
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +28; Q4 IND +21
Final
MIL115
ORL100
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +15
Final
DEN69
MEM99
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +25; Q4 MEM +30
Final · 2OT
CHI118
LAL123
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +5
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 29, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs HOU), 38 points.
The lead · NYK @ IND

Indiana routs New York by 21

Indiana led by 5 at halftime and won 103–82. Rodney Stuckey led Indiana with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+5+28+21IND AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2920122182
IND22323514103
Who led
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 9, 8, 4, 12, 9, 15, 22, 22IND22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 14, 12, 12, 4, 4, 11, 11, 18IND18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 13, 19, 25, 24, 27, 25, 31, 18NYK18 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Lou AmundsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 6, 4, 4, 2, 7, 5, 17NYK17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg43.1Today

43 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · CHI @ LAL

Lakers need two overtimes to survive Chicago

Tied 98–98 after regulation. Lakers won the final period 17–12 for a 123–118 win. Jordan Hill led Lakers with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs CHI
Jordan Hill · LALJimmy Butler · CHIPTS2635REB127AST31Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Jimmy Butler leads the day with 35

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.
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 13, 22, 15, 20, 17, 20, 5, 35CHI @ LAL · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 20, 16, 12, 15, 10, 10, 8, 26LAL vs CHI · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 10, 9, 9, 12, 11, 13, 28, 23LAL vs CHI · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 9, 8, 4, 12, 9, 15, 22, 22IND vs NYK · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 32, 16, 23, 23, 15, 18, 18, 21ORL vs MIL · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 20, 22, 11, 12, 13, 13, 18, 20CHI @ LAL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 6 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
Nikola VucevicORL+5.3 24.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.1 21.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Mo WilliamsMIN+5.0 17.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+5.0 12.9 last 10 · 7.9 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.8 15.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Al JeffersonCHA−4.8 12.6 last 10 · 17.4 season
Tobias HarrisORL−4.5 12.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Kyle LowryTOR−4.5 14.9 last 10 · 19.4 season