FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 30, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed BKN by 7 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
GSW108
PHI105
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +3
Final
DET107
TOR111
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +4
Final · OT
DEN105
IND109
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +4
Final
BKN103
NOP105
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP -7; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +2
Final
WAS123
HOU122
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +1
Final
SAC117
MEM121
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +4
Final
SAS103
CLE117
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +14
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 30, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR @ ATL), 37 points.
The lead · BKN @ NOP

New Orleans holds off Brooklyn, 105–103

New Orleans led 71–66 after three and held on to win by two. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 26 points, 0 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0-6-7+5+2NOP AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN22291537103
NOP16282734105
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 13, 23, 19, 6, 13, 32, 25, 26NOP26 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 32, 14, 7, 13, 23, 22, 36, 24NOP24 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 10, 29, 16, 8, 31, 13, 28, 33BKN33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 9, 4, 3, 11, 9, 8, 12, 18BKN18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · WAS @ HOU

Washington edges Houston by one

Houston won the fourth 34–33, but Washington held on, 123–122. John Wall led Washington with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 13 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over HOU1NOP over BKN2GSW over PHI3TOR over DET4IND over DEN4MEM over SAC4CLE over SAS14Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg21.5Last 3

21.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 40

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 31, 20, 33, 30, 23, 35, 20, 33, 40HOU vs WAS · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Nov 23, 2016: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
40 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 10, 29, 16, 8, 31, 13, 28, 33BKN @ NOP · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 17, 24, 20, 18, 16, 6, 25, 32IND vs DEN · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 12, 24, 15, 20, 18, 11, 45, 32GSW @ PHI · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 16, 17, 22, 26, 25, 21, 20, 29CLE vs SAS · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 13, 30, 34, 33, 18, 17, 26, 29TOR vs DET · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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
Chandler ParsonsDAL+8.1 20.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.8 17.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Ish SmithPHI+5.5 17.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.9 25.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Rodney HoodUTA+4.5 18.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.1 3.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
CJ MilesIND−5.0 7.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.0 19.1 last 10 · 24.1 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−4.8 9.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.5 11.2 last 10 · 15.7 season