FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 19, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 114–99.

Final
MIL91
MIA79
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +12
Final
MIN99
NOP114
Q1 NOP -13; Q2 NOP -9; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +15
Final
OKC110
DEN104
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +6
Final
IND97
PHX94
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +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 19, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs IND), 45 points.
The lead · MIN @ NOP

Anthony Davis goes for 35 in New Orleans win over Minnesota

New Orleans won 114–99.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-9+7+15NOP AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3822152499
NOP25263132114
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 14, 31, 26, 2, 24, 22, 21, 35NOP35 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 11, 15, 29, 14, 6, 13, 23, 19NOP19 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 11, 35, 21, 22, 28, 25, 18, 21MIN21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 14, 22, 10, 14, 12, 9, 14, 20MIN20 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Second story · OKC @ DEN

OKC makes it five straight

OKC beat Denver 110–104 and moved to 31–12. Kevin Durant led OKC with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · OKC
W@ CHA109–90Lvs SAC104–116Wvs MEM112–94W@ LAL117–113L@ POR110–115W@ MIN101–96Wvs DAL108–89Wvs MIN113–93Wvs MIA99–74W@ DEN110–104OKC: last 10 games through Jan 19, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg30.2Today

30 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 35

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 14, 31, 26, 2, 24, 22, 21, 35NOP vs MIN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 21, 10, 17, 16, 19, 9, 11, 32PHX vs IND · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 26, 24, 28, 30, 29, 21, 24, 30OKC @ DEN · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 20, 36, 25, 22, 0, 12, 13, 27OKC @ DEN · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 29, 20, 29, 27, 28, 11, 23, 27DEN vs OKC · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 9, 15, 5, 18, 4, 7, 8, 25OKC @ DEN · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 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
Lou WilliamsLAL+7.1 22.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Dwight HowardHOU+5.8 20.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ish SmithPHI+5.3 16.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+4.6 23.6 last 10 · 19.0 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.2 21.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.6 6.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.4 18.8 last 10 · 24.2 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.2 11.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 9.2 last 10 · 13.2 season