FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 31, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed PHX by 5 after the first quarter and won 106–87.

Final
SAC99
IND94
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +5
Final
DAL108
ORL93
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +25; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +15
Final · OT
TOR120
WAS116
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +4
Final
PHI85
ATL91
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +6
Final
HOU101
DET114
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +13
Final
OKC74
MEM85
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +11
Final
CLE106
MIN90
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +16
Final
POR88
MIL95
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +7
Final
CHA104
DEN86
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +32; Q3 CHA +28; Q4 CHA +18
Final
LAC105
SAS85
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +20
Final
PHX87
GSW106
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +19
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 31, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ UTA), 44 points.
The lead · PHX @ GSW

Golden State beats Phoenix, 106–87

Golden State led 78–70 after three and won by 19. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+1+8+19GSW AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2823191787
GSW23292628106
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 27, 20, 22, 10, 22, 21, 32, 25GSW25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 27, 22, 27, 52, 31, 30, 12, 22GSW22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 13, 15, 6, 21, 9, 16, 12, 17PHX17 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 16, 17, 33, 25, 17, 8, 23, 16PHX16 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ MIN

Cleveland handles Minnesota by 16

The Cavaliers won the first quarter 30–21. Final: 106–90. LeBron James led Cleveland with 36 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over WAS4SAC over IND5ATL over PHI6MIL over POR7MEM over OKC11DET over HOU13DAL over ORL15CLE over MIN16CHA over DEN18GSW over PHX19LAC over SAS20Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 48 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+38.6minutes, today vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
9.32013–14 avg47.9Today

48 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 2013–14 (24 games). Line: 1 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 36, 32, 26, 26, 25, 34, 32, 19, 36CLE @ MIN · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 12, 18, 13, 12, 23, 12, 15, 33MIN vs CLE · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 30, 22, 24, 23, 14, 17, 19, 31LAC @ SAS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 4, 22, 26, 25, 0, 22, 20, 31SAC @ IND · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 11, 11, 18, 25, 19, 21, 11, 28WAS vs TOR · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 6, 8, 5, 2, 35, 19, 2, 28DET vs HOU · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 12 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
Victor OladipoORL+5.1 21.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Mo WilliamsMIN+5.0 17.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.7 27.4 last 10 · 22.7 season
Derrick RoseCHI+4.7 23.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+4.6 13.2 last 10 · 8.6 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−5.5 11.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Tobias HarrisORL−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cory JosephSAS−5.0 4.0 last 10 · 9.0 season