FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 4, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by MIA (vs IND) and HOU (vs UTA).

Final
TOR100
CLE122
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +22
Final
MIN99
PHI109
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +10
Final
BOS103
BKN94
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +9
Final
ORL89
DET115
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +26
Final · OT
IND100
MIA103
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +3
Final
SAS123
MIL98
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +25
Final
SAC116
OKC104
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +12
Final
HOU93
UTA91
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +2
Final
MEM91
POR78
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +13
Final
CHA101
GSW111
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +10
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 4, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (DET vs SAC), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

James Harden scores 30, Houston rallies past Utah

Houston trailed by 10 at the half and won 93–91.

Game flow · HOU 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+7-10-8+2HOU AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2820212493
UTA2137191491
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 36, 31, 20, 25, 26, 30, 17, 30HOU30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 9, 12, 11, 7, 30, 21, 22, 16HOU16 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 14, 15, 15, 13, 6, 18, 32, 23UTA23 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 24, 8, 28, 24, 14, 23, 14, 20UTA20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Detroit by 26.

HOU over UTA2MIA over IND3BOS over BKN9PHI over MIN10GSW over CHA10SAC over OKC12MEM over POR13CLE over TOR22SAS over MIL25DET over ORL26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
19.2Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg15.4Last 3

15.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 33

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 15, 22, 25, 36, 7, 21, 32, 33SAC @ OKC · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 7, 12, 18, 9, 19, 31, 32, 32IND @ MIA · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 20, 30, 24, 24, 22, 16, 23, 31MIA vs IND · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 36, 31, 20, 25, 26, 30, 17, 30HOU @ UTA · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 43, 27, 20, 18, 29, 10, 38, 26, 30GSW vs CHA · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 38, 28, 25, 26, 16, 19, 23, 5, 30GSW vs CHA · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.1 21.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.9 25.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Will BartonDEN+4.6 21.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Garrett TempleWAS+4.3 11.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Chris BoshMIA+4.1 23.0 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−5.8 23.9 last 10 · 29.7 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−5.3 5.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN−4.1 9.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Dion WaitersOKC−4.0 5.5 last 10 · 9.5 season