FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 7, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MIA by 4 after the first quarter and won 100–93.

Final
SAC119
BOS128
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +9
Final
DEN101
NYK96
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +5
Final
ATL94
ORL96
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +2
Final
LAC100
MIA93
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +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 7, 2015: 7 games. Top scorer: Gordon Hayward (UTA vs SAC), 30 points.
The lead · LAC @ MIA

Clippers handle Miami by 7

The Clippers won the second quarter 31–26. Final: 100–93. Chris Paul led Clippers with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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+1+8+7LAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC15312727100
MIA1926202893
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 23, 26, 11, 27, 19, 22, 21, 22LAC22 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 3, 9, 21, 15, 26, 21, 20, 20LAC20 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 16, 13, 12, 9, 14, 7, 12, 17MIA17 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 18, 27, 20, 18, 13, 20, 20, 17MIA17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DEN @ NYK

Denver gets past New York

101–96, with Denver ahead 60–49 at halftime. Will Barton led Denver with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over ATL2DEN over NYK5LAC over MIA7BOS over SAC9Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 43 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg44.4Today

44 minutes today, against 30.8 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 31

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 48, 56, 17, 26, 17, 30, 24, 31SAC @ BOS · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 11, 27, 6, 22, 6, 15, 14, 25BOS vs SAC · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 12, 16, 20, 15, 32, 10, 16, 24ATL @ ORL · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kent BazemorePoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 9, 12, 11, 8, 4, 12, 15, 23ATL @ ORL · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 23, 16, 14, 23, 20, 17, 22, 22BOS vs SAC · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 16, 16, 14, 16, 20, 16, 13, 22ORL vs ATL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 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+9.4 20.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+7.1 19.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jeff GreenMEM+6.2 18.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Rodney HoodUTA+5.4 20.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Victor OladipoORL+4.9 19.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.8 3.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
CJ MilesIND−4.1 8.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−3.6 11.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.6 6.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Damian LillardPOR−3.6 20.4 last 10 · 24.0 season