FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 29, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed HOU by 7 after the first quarter and won 116–108.

Final
ORL94
BOS113
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +19
Final
CLE114
DET106
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +8
Final
PHX84
NYK102
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +18
Final
MIA107
MIL103
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +4
Final
HOU108
OKC116
Q1 OKC -7; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +8
Final
BKN79
DAL91
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +12
Final
MIN90
UTA103
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +13
Final
CHA91
POR109
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +18
Final
LAL93
LAC105
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +12
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 29, 2015: 4 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (CHI @ LAL), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ OKC

Kevin Durant posts 33 and 12 as OKC beats Houston

33 points and 12 rebounds in a 116–108 win.

Game flow · OKC 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+6+8OKC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU29292525108
OKC22333427116
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 24, 30, 26, 24, 32, 44, 27, 33OKC33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 0, 12, 13, 27, 16, 16, 27, 30, 24, 26OKC26 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 31, 20, 33, 30, 23, 35, 20, 33HOU33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 4, 8, 11, 4, 13, 5, 8, 17HOU17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg14.9Last 3

14.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg35.5Today

35 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · CHA @ POR

Portland makes it three straight

Portland beat Charlotte 109–91 and moved to 22–26. Damian Lillard led Portland with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · POR
Lvs GSW108–128Wvs OKC115–110Wvs UTA99–85W@ BKN116–104L@ PHI89–114W@ WAS108–98Lvs ATL98–104Wvs LAL121–103Wvs SAC112–97Wvs CHA109–91POR: last 10 games through Jan 29, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 33

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: 29, 21, 24, 30, 26, 24, 32, 44, 27, 33OKC vs HOU · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 31, 20, 33, 30, 23, 35, 20, 33HOU @ OKC · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 9, 14, 20, 27, 14, 26, 19, 32MIN @ UTA · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 11, 3, 17, 18, 14, 11, 21, 29CLE @ DET · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 25, 10, 29, 16, 8, 31, 13, 28BKN @ DAL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 28, 14, 14, 18, 10, 25, 7, 28MIL vs MIA · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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
Chandler ParsonsDAL+8.1 20.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.8 17.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+5.5 32.7 last 10 · 27.2 season
Ish SmithPHI+5.2 16.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.9 25.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.1 3.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.0 19.1 last 10 · 24.1 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−4.8 9.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
CJ MilesIND−4.8 7.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.5 11.2 last 10 · 15.7 season