FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 5, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NYK107
ATL101
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +6
Final
MIL106
CHI117
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +11
Final · 2OT
SAC116
DAL117
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL 0; OT2 DAL +1
Final
GSW109
LAL88
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +32; Q4 GSW +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 · 2014–15Jan 5, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs LAL), 39 points.
The lead · SAC @ DAL

Dallas needs two overtimes to survive Sacramento

Tied 98–98 after regulation. Dallas won the final period 13–12 for a 117–116 win. Deron Williams led Dallas with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. DeMarcus Cousins scored 35 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+3+6+800+1DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
SAC24192728612116
DAL27222920613117
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 18, 18, 8, 14, 7, 9, 11, 25DAL25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 20, 22, 16, 7, 18, 11, 24, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 22, 25, 36, 7, 21, 32, 33, 35SAC35 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 16, 19, 7, 17, 9, 16, 16, 31SAC31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NYK @ ATL

New York leads Atlanta wire to wire

New York was ahead at every break and won 107–101. Best quarter: the third, 30–22. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over SAC1NYK over ATL6CHI over MIL11GSW over LAL21Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 36

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 20, 18, 29, 10, 38, 26, 30, 36GSW @ LAL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 22, 25, 36, 7, 21, 32, 33, 35SAC @ DAL · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 43, 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23, 42, 32CHI vs MIL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 16, 19, 7, 17, 9, 16, 16, 31SAC @ DAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 20, 21, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19, 26CHI vs MIL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 21, 20, 15, 36, 33, 13, 19, 26MIL @ CHI · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.8 27.7 last 10 · 20.9 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.9 22.5 last 10 · 16.6 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−6.6 22.7 last 10 · 29.3 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