FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 26, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed ORL by 7 after the first quarter and won 107–100.

Final
LAC91
IND89
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +2
Final
PHX103
PHI113
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MIA102
BKN98
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +4
Final · OT
OKC128
NYK122
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +6
Final
WAS89
TOR106
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +17
Final
ORL100
MIL107
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +7
Final
SAC97
POR112
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +15
Final
DAL92
LAL90
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +2
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 26, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs PHI), 32 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIL

Orlando's skid reaches seven

Milwaukee won 107–100; the Magic fall to 20–24. Khris Middleton led Milwaukee with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3+4+7MIL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL30262222100
MIL23302925107
Who led
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 16, 25, 26, 24, 22, 21, 22, 25MIL25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 29, 19, 28, 14, 14, 18, 10, 25MIL25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 18, 20, 20, 17, 27, 29, 5, 18ORL18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 20, 23, 17, 10, 15, 15, 16, 16ORL16 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIA @ BKN

Miami beats Brooklyn, 102–98

Miami led 77–73 after three and won by 4. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over IND2DAL over LAL2MIA over BKN4OKC over NYK6MIL over ORL7PHI over PHX10POR over SAC15TOR over WAS17Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over BKN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 39 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 44

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 29, 21, 24, 30, 26, 24, 32, 44OKC @ NYK · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Apr 14, 1998: 44 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Season high44 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 21, 23, 21, 19, 19, 12, 34, 31IND vs LAC · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 0, 12, 13, 27, 16, 16, 27, 30OKC @ NYK · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 21, 25, 24, 31, 14, 15, 21, 29TOR vs WAS · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 8, 20, 16, 22, 2, 22, 28, 27MIA @ BKN · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 11, 24, 12, 23, 18, 26, 18, 27MIA @ BKN · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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+7.2 16.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+6.1 17.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Ish SmithPHI+6.0 17.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+5.7 33.0 last 10 · 27.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.9 22.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.2 3.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.3 18.8 last 10 · 24.1 season
CJ MilesIND−4.2 8.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 11.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jeff TeagueATL−4.1 10.2 last 10 · 14.3 season