FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 23, 2016Regular season · 8 games
← Jan 22CalendarJan 24 →

8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed DET by 9 at halftime and won 104–101.

Final
NYK84
CHA97
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +13
Final
MIL99
NOP116
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +17
Final
MEM101
MIN106
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +5
Final
CHI96
CLE83
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +13
Final
ATL95
PHX98
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +3
Final
DET101
DEN104
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +3
Final
LAL103
POR121
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +18
Final
IND97
SAC108
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +11
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 23, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs SAC), 52 points.
The lead · DET @ DEN

Danilo Gallinari scores 30, Denver holds off Detroit

Final: 104–101. Danilo Gallinari added 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-6-9+10+3DEN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET32222027101
DEN26193920104
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 29, 27, 28, 11, 23, 27, 17, 30DEN30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 2, 11, 4, 16, 10, 13, 14, 18DEN18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 8, 4, 12, 16, 18, 22, 4, 20DET20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 5, 25, 9, 20, 14, 22, 23, 16DET16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MEM @ MIN

Minnesota upsets Memphis

Minnesota (13–31) beat Memphis (25–19) 106–101. Shabazz Muhammad led Minnesota with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over ATL3DEN over DET3MIN over MEM5SAC over IND11CHA over NYK13CHI over CLE13NOP over MIL17POR over LAL18Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over MEM.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 48

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 29, 33, 32, 36, 19, 36, 24, 48SAC vs IND · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Apr 5, 2000: 49 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Career high48 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 40, 31, 21, 33, 14, 16, 18, 36POR vs LAL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 20, 21, 23, 21, 19, 19, 12, 34IND @ SAC · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 29, 27, 28, 11, 23, 27, 17, 30DEN vs DET · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 17, 22, 15, 13, 13, 25, 28, 28POR vs LAL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 13, 37, 27, 22, 19, 16, 17, 22, 26CLE vs CHI · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 9 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+8.2 17.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+5.8 32.5 last 10 · 26.7 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+5.4 20.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.2 22.9 last 10 · 17.7 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+5.0 15.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 6.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 5.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.2 18.7 last 10 · 23.9 season
Will BartonDEN−4.8 10.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
CJ MilesIND−4.6 8.0 last 10 · 12.6 season