FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 25, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed SAC by 15 after the first quarter and won 129–128.

Final
MIN107
CLE114
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +7
Final
BOS116
WAS91
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +25
Final
MIA89
CHI84
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA +5
Final · OT
ORL102
MEM108
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +6
Final
HOU112
NOP111
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +1
Final
ATL119
DEN105
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +14
Final
DET95
UTA92
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +3
Final · 2OT
CHA129
SAC128
Q1 CHA -15; Q2 CHA -10; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA 0; OT2 CHA +1
Final
SAS90
GSW120
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +29; Q4 GSW +30
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 25, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ LAL), 37 points.
The lead · CHA @ SAC

Charlotte needs two overtimes to survive Sacramento

Tied 115–115 after regulation. Charlotte won the final period 5–4 for a 129–128 win. Troy Daniels led Charlotte with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists. DeMarcus Cousins scored 56 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-15-10+400+1CHA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
CHA1630422795129
SAC3125283194128
Who led
Troy DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 5, 6, 3, 3, 11, 17, 5, 28CHA28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 23, 25, 12, 52, 21, 40, 26, 24CHA24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 33, 32, 36, 19, 36, 24, 48, 56SAC56 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 31, 18, 23, 12, 24, 18, 16, 20SAC20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg4.9Last 3

4.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg50.5Today

50 minutes today, against 27.1 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 30.

HOU over NOP1CHA over SAC1DET over UTA3MIA over CHI5MEM over ORL6CLE over MIN7ATL over DEN14BOS over WAS25GSW over SAS30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 56

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: 35, 29, 33, 32, 36, 19, 36, 24, 48, 56SAC vs CHA · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +29.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jermaine O'Neal IND, Jan 4, 2005: 55 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Career high56 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 38, 31, 38, 26, 38, 35, 25, 39, 37GSW vs SAS · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 27, 11, 31, 20, 33, 30, 23, 35HOU @ NOP · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 14, 6, 13, 23, 19, 6, 13, 32NOP vs HOU · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 10, 8, 13, 18, 3, 19, 29, 31HOU @ NOP · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 4, 3, 16, 18, 16, 9, 11, 30MEM vs ORL · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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+7.2 34.8 last 10 · 27.6 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+6.6 17.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+5.4 20.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.2 22.9 last 10 · 17.7 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.2 3.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
CJ MilesIND−4.6 8.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.5 19.4 last 10 · 23.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 11.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jeff TeagueATL−4.1 10.2 last 10 · 14.3 season