FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 5, 2015Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed WAS by 5 at halftime and won 94–87.

Final
WAS87
CHA94
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +7
Final
LAC94
CLE105
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +31; Q4 CLE +11
Final
DAL101
SAC78
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +23
Final
PHX87
POR108
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +21
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 5, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (LAC vs MIA), 43 points.
The lead · WAS @ CHA

Charlotte makes it three straight

Charlotte beat Washington 94–87 and moved to 22–27. Gerald Henderson led Charlotte with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHA 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+4-5-5+7CHA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3024201387
CHA3415202594
Who led
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 17, 11, 6, 14, 18, 8, 17, 27CHA27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Brian RobertsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 16, 5, 3, 17, 8, 0, 18, 12CHA12 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 14, 19, 19, 9, 19, 11, 4, 19WAS19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 25, 19, 21, 11, 28, 16, 24, 15WAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Second story · LAC @ CLE

Cleveland controls Clippers start to finish

Cleveland won 105–94, leading by as many as 31 at a break. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over WAS7CLE over LAC11POR over PHX21DAL over SAC23Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 46 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Gerald Henderson leads the day with 27

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.
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 17, 11, 6, 14, 18, 8, 17, 27CHA vs WAS · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 9, 19, 7, 10, 23, 14, 5, 24CLE vs LAC · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 22, 28, 28, 13, 21, 20, 26, 23SAC vs DAL · L
23.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 26, 25, 34, 32, 19, 36, 18, 23CLE vs LAC · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 36, 19, 33, 12, 25, 23, 14, 21DAL @ SAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 8, 27, 0, 7, 7, 5, 10, 20POR vs PHX · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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
Jarrett JackBKN+5.4 17.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+5.2 14.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
D.J. AugustinDET+4.4 14.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.3 15.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Mo WilliamsMIN+4.2 16.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−5.7 7.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cory JosephSAS−5.1 3.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Evan FournierORL−4.5 7.8 last 10 · 12.3 season