FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 2, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 95–85.

Final
BKN100
BOS97
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +3
Final
PHX119
SAC142
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +23
Final
OKC109
CHA90
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +19
Final
DET82
IND94
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +12
Final
ORL79
CLE104
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +28; Q4 CLE +25
Final
MIL95
MIN85
Q1 MIL -13; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +10
Final
NOP105
DAL98
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +7
Final
HOU103
SAS121
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +18
Final · OT
MEM87
UTA92
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
Final · OT
DEN108
GSW111
Q1 GSW +24; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +3
Final
PHI99
LAC130
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +29; Q4 LAC +31
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 2, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs WAS), 34 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIN

Milwaukee climbs out of a 13-point hole against Minnesota

Down 13 after one, the Bucks won the second quarter 29–19 and the game 95–85. Greg Monroe led Milwaukee with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-13-3+2+10MIL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1529282395
MIN2819231585
Who led
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 10, 13, 11, 19, 8, 4, 23, 19MIL19 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
John HensonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 10, 0, 8, 2, 11, 8, 4, 15MIL15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 16, 26, 10, 19, 18, 17, 21, 19MIN19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 8, 4, 9, 15, 7, 10, 9, 14MIN14 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Clippers post the night's biggest win

Clippers beat Philadelphia by 31, the widest margin of 11 games.

BKN over BOS3GSW over DEN3UTA over MEM5NOP over DAL7MIL over MIN10IND over DET12SAS over HOU18OKC over CHA19SAC over PHX23CLE over ORL25LAC over PHI31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg15.1Last 3

15.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg37.3Today

37 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 32

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 29, 7, 12, 18, 9, 19, 31, 32IND vs DET · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 24, 15, 22, 25, 36, 7, 21, 32SAC vs PHX · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 18, 14, 10, 22, 38, 29, 18, 32CHA vs OKC · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 12, 14, 15, 15, 13, 6, 18, 32UTA vs MEM · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 16, 27, 28, 29, 24, 20, 14, 31NOP @ DAL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 18, 20, 21, 13, 19, 26, 24, 30BKN @ BOS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 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+6.1 26.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Will BartonDEN+5.2 22.0 last 10 · 16.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.9 21.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Draymond GreenGSW+4.6 19.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Randy FoyeDEN+3.8 10.4 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−6.0 23.7 last 10 · 29.7 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−4.7 6.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Paul GeorgeIND−4.6 19.9 last 10 · 24.5 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.6 12.9 last 10 · 16.5 season