FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 2, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed PHX by 4 after the first quarter and won 104–97.

Final
BOS97
NYK89
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MIA102
HOU115
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +13
Final
TOR104
PHX97
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +7
Final
MIL95
POR107
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +12
Final
MIN115
LAL119
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +4
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 · 2014–15Feb 2, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs ATL), 29 points.
The lead · TOR @ PHX

Phoenix's skid reaches five

Toronto won 104–97; the Suns fall to 14–36. Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-4+7+7+7TOR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR28242626104
PHX3213262697
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 14, 15, 21, 29, 26, 18, 10, 26TOR26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 34, 33, 18, 17, 26, 29, 24, 22TOR22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 9, 17, 2, 8, 13, 6, 13, 30PHX30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 32, 24, 15, 12, 16, 21, 19, 27PHX27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ NYK

Boston beats New York, 97–89

Boston led 70–65 after three and won by 8. Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over MIN4TOR over PHX7BOS over NYK8POR over MIL12HOU over MIA13Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg44.8Today

45 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 5, 5, 15, 5, 10, 10, 23, 38LAL vs MIN · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 9, 17, 2, 8, 13, 6, 13, 30PHX vs TOR · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 13, 25, 28, 28, 18, 17, 21, 30POR vs MIL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 21, 23, 19, 20, 20, 5, 15, 30MIN @ LAL · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 32, 24, 15, 12, 16, 21, 19, 27PHX vs TOR · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 33, 30, 23, 35, 20, 33, 40, 26HOU vs MIA · W
27.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 14 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+8.3 18.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+8.0 20.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.6 17.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Ish SmithPHI+5.5 17.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Rodney HoodUTA+4.9 19.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
CJ MilesIND−6.4 5.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.1 3.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−4.8 9.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.5 6.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.8 12.6 last 10 · 16.4 season