FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 1, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CHA by 8 after three quarters and won 104–94.

Final
ORL91
WAS103
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +12
Final
DAL82
MIA106
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +24
Final
CHA94
TOR104
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +10
Final
NYK81
CHI108
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +27
Final
PHI84
LAL93
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +9
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 · 2014–15Jan 1, 2015: 2 games. Top scorer: Andrew Wiggins (MIN vs SAC), 27 points.
The lead · CHA @ TOR

Toronto fights back late to top Charlotte

Charlotte led 82–74 after three. Toronto won the fourth 30–12 and the game 104–94. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 23 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-8+10TOR AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2827271294
TOR29261930104
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 31, 30, 28, 28, 22, 19, 34, 23TOR23 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 20, 21, 13, 17, 16, 28, 11, 18TOR18 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 27, 18, 14, 10, 22, 38, 29, 18CHA18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 10, 9, 12, 3, 9, 2, 5, 17CHA17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHI @ LAL

Lakers beat Philadelphia, 93–84

Lakers led 62–60 after three and won by 9. Lou Williams led Lakers with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over PHI9TOR over CHA10WAS over ORL12MIA over DAL24CHI over NYK27Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg16.9Last 3

16.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg29.9Today

30 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Hassan Whiteside leads the day with 25

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.
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 8, 22, 16, 8, 7, 18, 5, 25MIA vs DAL · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 20, 27, 12, 14, 22, 23, 19, 24WAS vs ORL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 20, 17, 2, 7, 5, 11, 19, 24LAL vs PHI · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 43, 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23CHI vs NYK · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 31, 30, 28, 28, 22, 19, 34, 23TOR vs CHA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 13, 15, 28, 2, 2, 7, 21, 20, 20WAS vs ORL · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 11 REB · 3 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.8 25.7 last 10 · 19.9 season
Will BartonDEN+5.5 22.2 last 10 · 16.7 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.2 20.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Michael Carter-WilliamsMIL+4.0 16.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Garrett TempleWAS+3.8 10.8 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeIND−6.0 18.3 last 10 · 24.3 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.7 6.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.8 7.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Markieff MorrisPHX−3.6 6.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.4 16.0 last 10 · 19.4 season