FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 15, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DEN by 16 at halftime and won 98–95.

Final
WAS118
IND104
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +14
Final
MIN93
OKC113
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +20
Final
POR116
BKN104
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +12
Final
PHX103
BOS117
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +21; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +14
Final
DAL83
CHI77
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +6
Final · OT
ATL101
MIL108
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +7
Final
CHA107
NOP109
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +8; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +2
Final
MIA98
DEN95
Q1 MIA -11; Q2 MIA -16; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +3
Final
CLE91
HOU77
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +14
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 15, 2015: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ LAL), 36 points.
The lead · MIA @ DEN

Miami erases 16-point lead, steals one from Denver

Denver led 62–46 at halftime. Miami won the second half 52–33 to take it 98–95. Chris Bosh led Miami with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-16-2+3MIA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2026302298
DEN3131161795
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 23, 31, 28, 14, 24, 15, 11, 24MIA24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 5, 25, 6, 8, 5, 10, 10, 19MIA19 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Darrell ArthurPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 3, 12, 7, 7, 12, 9, 18, 18DEN18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 4, 5, 10, 6, 2, 11, 4, 16DEN16 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DAL @ CHI

Dallas climbs back to beat Chicago

Chicago led by 10 at the half. Dallas won it 83–77. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs CHI
Dirk Nowitzki · DALDerrick Rose · CHIPTS2118REB74AST02Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg25.3Last 3

25.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard 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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 19, 32, 17, 20, 40, 31, 21, 33POR @ BKN · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 3, 17, 16, 10, 21, 16, 15, 18, 32NOP vs CHA · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 11, 11, 18, 5, 8, 29, 19, 28MIL vs ATL · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 24, 14, 20, 21, 24, 17, 19, 28WAS @ IND · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 33, 13, 19, 26, 27, 20, 16, 25, 26MIL vs ATL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 17, 20, 15, 19, 14, 9, 6, 25CHA @ NOP · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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 24.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+6.3 21.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ish SmithPHI+5.9 17.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI+5.1 27.7 last 10 · 22.6 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.1 23.4 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−6.7 5.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.4 25.3 last 10 · 29.7 season
CJ MilesIND−3.8 9.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.3 21.1 last 10 · 24.4 season