FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 3, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed UTA by 3 at halftime and won 103–102.

Final
DEN98
PHI105
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +21; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +7
Final
MIA91
DET108
Q1 DET +21; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +17
Final
BOS108
NYK97
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +11
Final
UTA102
POR103
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +1
Final
GSW121
SAC96
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +21; Q3 GSW +14; 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 · 2013–14Feb 3, 2014: 11 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (LAC @ DEN), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ POR

Portland holds off Utah, 103–102

Portland led 72–70 after three and held on to win by one. Damian Lillard led Portland with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-3+2+1POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA23242332102
POR27172831103
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 22, 22, 21, 20, 14, 13, 19, 25POR25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 37, 24, 32, 10, 26, 38, 37, 18, 22POR22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 10, 14, 24, 24, 26, 11, 26, 27UTA27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 18, 9, 12, 9, 13, 18, 15, 20UTA20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DEN @ PHI

Philadelphia leads Denver wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 105–98. Best quarter: the first, 34–28. Hollis Thompson led Philadelphia with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over UTA1PHI over DEN7BOS over NYK11DET over MIA17GSW over SAC25Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 34

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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 12, 18, 34MIA @ DET · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 10, 14, 24, 24, 26, 11, 26, 27UTA @ POR · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 17, 22, 28, 28, 13, 21, 20, 26SAC vs GSW · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 18, 18, 15, 12, 13, 10, 17, 26BOS @ NYK · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 8, 5, 2, 35, 19, 2, 28, 25DET vs MIA · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 22, 22, 21, 20, 14, 13, 19, 25POR vs UTA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 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
Victor OladipoORL+5.3 22.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Derrick RoseCHI+4.7 23.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.5 16.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.4 26.9 last 10 · 22.5 season
Kyrie IrvingCLE+4.3 26.2 last 10 · 21.9 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.7 8.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−5.4 8.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Al JeffersonCHA−5.0 12.4 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cory JosephSAS−5.0 4.0 last 10 · 9.0 season