FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 4, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 111–105.

Final
NYK105
DET111
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +6
Final
HOU111
PHX105
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +6
Final
LAL99
NOP96
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +3
Final
TOR110
POR103
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +7
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 4, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs DAL), 51 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Houston climbs back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 9 after one. Houston won it 111–105. Corey Brewer led Houston with 24 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-3+8+6HOU AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU19373223111
PHX28312125105
Who led
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 4, 13, 5, 8, 17, 5, 10, 24HOU24 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 19, 29, 31, 8, 8, 17, 9, 22HOU22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Archie GoodwinPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 20, 24, 26, 12, 6, 3, 18, 22PHX22 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 32, 24, 15, 12, 16, 21, 19, 27, 17PHX17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAL @ NOP

Lakers win a tight one over New Orleans

99–96. Neither team led by more than 11 at any break. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over NOP3DET over NYK6HOU over PHX6TOR over POR7Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over NOP.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg43.2Today

43 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 39

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 35, 32, 22, 9, 20, 23, 28, 39NOP vs LAL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 15, 21, 29, 26, 18, 10, 26, 30TOR @ POR · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 33, 18, 17, 26, 29, 24, 22, 29TOR @ POR · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 14, 16, 18, 36, 15, 22, 21, 14, 27POR vs TOR · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 5, 15, 5, 10, 10, 23, 38, 27LAL @ NOP · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Robin LopezPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 6, 10, 10, 7, 13, 6, 17, 26NYK @ DET · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 16 REB · 2 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+8.9 19.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+8.7 20.8 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.6 17.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.1 19.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+4.2 18.7 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.4 3.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−5.6 8.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
CJ MilesIND−4.8 7.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.2 6.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Jerryd BaylessMIL−3.8 6.6 last 10 · 10.4 season