FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 8, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NOP by 14 after the first quarter and won 91–86.

Final
TOR97
WAS88
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +9
Final
ORL83
BKN77
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +6
Final
DEN84
MEM91
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +7
Final
DAL95
MIL96
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +1
Final
CLE125
MIN99
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +26
Final
IND91
NOP86
Q1 IND -14; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +5
Final
NYK99
SAS100
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +1
Final
MIA103
PHX95
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +8
Final
GSW128
POR108
Q1 GSW +17; Q2 GSW +22; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +20
Final
OKC117
LAL113
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +4
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 8, 2015: 3 games. Top scorer: Gerald Henderson (CHA @ TOR), 31 points.
The lead · IND @ NOP

Indiana climbs back to beat New Orleans

New Orleans led by 14 after one. Indiana won it 91–86. Ian Mahinmi led Indiana with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-14-5-2+5IND AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1622302391
NOP3013271686
Who led
Ian MahinmiPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 9, 11, 13, 7, 1, 13, 8, 17IND17 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 0, 9, 20, 6, 19, 8, 7, 3, 15IND15 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 21, 24, 6, 11, 16, 14, 16, 27NOP27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 16, 13, 18, 16, 3, 17, 16, 10, 21NOP21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Minnesota by 26.

MIL over DAL1SAS over NYK1OKC over LAL4IND over NOP5ORL over BKN6MEM over DEN7MIA over PHX8TOR over WAS9GSW over POR20CLE over MIN26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.9Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Lou Williams leads the day with 44

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.
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 5, 11, 19, 24, 30, 10, 20, 44LAL vs OKC · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +29.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter TOR, Dec 20, 2000: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Career high44 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 29, 30, 20, 19, 32, 17, 20, 40POR vs GSW · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gary Payton SEA, Dec 4, 2002: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Season high40 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 26, 30, 27, 36, 16, 17, 20, 36OKC @ LAL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 18, 29, 10, 38, 26, 30, 36, 36GSW @ POR · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 22, 19, 34, 23, 24, 19, 15, 35TOR @ WAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 19, 18, 17, 21, 19, 16, 11, 35MIN vs CLE · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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+6.8 23.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Garrett TempleWAS+5.8 13.3 last 10 · 7.5 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.7 27.0 last 10 · 21.3 season
Allen CrabbePOR+4.2 15.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Chris BoshMIA+4.1 23.2 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−7.7 21.5 last 10 · 29.2 season
Paul GeorgeIND−5.0 19.3 last 10 · 24.3 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN−4.9 7.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−4.7 5.9 last 10 · 10.6 season