FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 6, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 99–94.

Final
NYK98
MIA90
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +8
Final
IND95
ORL86
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +9
Final
CLE121
WAS115
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +6
Final
TOR91
BKN74
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +17
Final
DET99
BOS94
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET +5
Final
DEN78
MIN74
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +4
Final
DAL100
NOP91
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +9
Final
UTA98
SAS123
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +25
Final
CHA102
PHX111
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +9
Final
MEM94
OKC112
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +18
Final
LAC109
POR98
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +23; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +11
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 6, 2015: 2 games. Top scorer: Markieff Morris (PHX @ MIL), 26 points.
The lead · DET @ BOS

Detroit rallies from 9 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 9 after one, Detroit outscored the Celtics 75–61 the rest of the way. Final: 99–94. Reggie Jackson led Detroit with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-7-9+5DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2424183399
BOS3322201994
Who led
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 18, 19, 17, 17, 19, 12, 14, 24DET24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 14, 12, 6, 9, 22, 16, 21, 20DET20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 38, 29, 8, 18, 17, 21, 24, 24, 19, 22BOS22 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 4, 0, 13, 19, 20, 12, 12, 17BOS17 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIN

Denver handles Minnesota by 4

The Nuggets won the third quarter 24–21. Final: 78–74. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over MIN4DET over BOS5CLE over WAS6NYK over MIA8IND over ORL9DAL over NOP9PHX over CHA9LAC over POR11TOR over BKN17OKC over MEM18SAS over UTA25Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.0Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg9.5Last 3

9.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg38.5Today

39 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 24, 25, 12, 14, 34, 29, 20, 34CLE @ WAS · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 7 games: 12, 5, 13, 22, 13, 25, 32CLE @ WAS · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 30, 24, 24, 22, 16, 23, 31, 28MIA vs NYK · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 24, 21, 29, 26, 26, 23, 29, 26OKC vs MEM · W
26.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 27, 28, 29, 24, 20, 14, 31, 26NOP vs DAL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 10, 22, 38, 29, 18, 32, 22, 25CHA @ PHX · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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
Chris BoshMIA+5.5 24.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
Garrett TempleWAS+5.4 12.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Will BartonDEN+4.0 20.2 last 10 · 16.2 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−4.4 8.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.9 12.3 last 10 · 16.2 season