FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 7, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed BOS by 6 after the first quarter and won 101–92.

Final
ATL126
PHI98
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +28
Final
BOS92
CHI101
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +9
Final
UTA94
HOU103
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +9
Final
LAL115
SAC118
Q1 SAC +17; Q2 SAC +21; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +3
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 7, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs IND), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ CHI

Chicago makes it six straight

Chicago beat Boston 101–92 and moved to 22–12. Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+11+9CHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2720162992
CHI21272627101
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23, 42, 32, 19CHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 34, 6, 8, 19, 25, 20, 16, 18CHI18 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 19, 11, 18, 17, 16, 25, 16, 17BOS17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 20, 9, 11, 5, 7, 9, 10, 16BOS16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ HOU

Houston takes care of Utah

A 9-point win, 103–94. James Harden led Houston with 33 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over LAL3CHI over BOS9HOU over UTA9ATL over PHI28Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 35 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 36, 31, 20, 25, 26, 30, 17, 30, 33HOU vs UTA · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 25, 36, 7, 21, 32, 33, 35, 29SAC vs LAL · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 22, 31, 19, 12, 19, 20, 15, 28LAL @ SAC · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 18, 16, 10, 5, 16, 6, 7, 27LAL @ SAC · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kent BazemorePoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 12, 8, 6, 8, 26, 18, 15, 22ATL @ PHI · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jahlil OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 9, 18, 17, 10, 12, 23, 10, 21PHI vs ATL · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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
Jae CrowderBOS+4.1 18.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−6.6 22.7 last 10 · 29.3 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−4.7 5.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Zach LaVineMIN−4.4 8.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.9 12.3 last 10 · 16.2 season