FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 21, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAC by 3 after the first quarter and won 115–102.

Final
LAC102
CLE115
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +13
Final
DET99
NOP115
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +19; Q3 NOP +13; Q4 NOP +16
Final
MEM102
DEN101
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +1
Final
ATL88
SAC91
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +3
Final
SAS117
PHX89
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +28
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 21, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ WAS), 34 points.
The lead · LAC @ CLE

Cleveland handles Clippers by 13

The Cavaliers won the second quarter 31–19. Final: 115–102. LeBron James led Cleveland with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+9+16+13CLE AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC31192230102
CLE28312927115
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 13, 37, 27, 22, 19, 16, 17, 22CLE22 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 27, 14, 10, 17, 13, 14, 4, 22CLE22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 15, 21, 25, 25, 15, 15, 28, 30LAC30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 16, 20, 17, 11, 12, 22, 40, 17LAC17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MEM @ DEN

Memphis leads Denver wire to wire

Memphis was ahead at every break and won 102–101. Best quarter: the first, 37–23. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over DEN1SAC over ATL3CLE over LAC13NOP over DET16SAS over PHX28Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 37 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 32

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: 20, 14, 31, 26, 2, 24, 22, 21, 35, 32NOP vs DET · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 15, 21, 25, 25, 15, 15, 28, 30LAC @ CLE · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 8, 12, 11, 20, 19, 37, 16, 27MEM @ DEN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 35, 29, 33, 32, 36, 19, 36, 24SAC vs ATL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 10, 17, 16, 19, 9, 11, 32, 24PHX vs SAS · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 20, 5, 25, 9, 20, 14, 22, 23DET @ NOP · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 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
Devin BookerPHX+8.0 17.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Robin LopezNYK+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
JR SmithCLE+4.8 17.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+4.8 30.9 last 10 · 26.1 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.6 6.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.2 18.8 last 10 · 24.0 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.2 5.7 last 10 · 10.9 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 9.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jeff TeagueATL−3.9 10.6 last 10 · 14.5 season