FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 9, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DAL by 9 after three quarters and won 121–119.

Final
SAS119
MIA101
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +18
Final
BOS111
MIL112
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +1
Final
WAS111
NYK108
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +3
Final · OT
UTA121
DAL119
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA -9; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +2
Final
HOU110
GSW123
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +13
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 9, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ DEN), 40 points.
The lead · UTA @ DAL

Utah needs overtime to survive Dallas

Tied 110–110 after regulation. Utah won the final period 11–9 for a 121–119 win. Rodney Hood led Utah with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-7-90+2UTA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA2130273211121
DAL292929239119
Who led
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 23, 24, 22, 19, 8, 23, 25, 29UTA29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 22, 22, 12, 27, 16, 18, 22, 20UTA20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 23, 19, 15, 19, 12, 6, 26, 24DAL24 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 4, 11, 12, 8, 27, 0, 8, 22, 23DAL23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · BOS @ MIL

Milwaukee holds off Boston, 112–111

Milwaukee led 93–74 after three and held on to win by one. Greg Monroe led Milwaukee with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over BOS1UTA over DAL2WAS over NYK3GSW over HOU13SAS over MIA18Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over BOS.
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
16.7Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg18.8Last 3

18.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg43.2Today

43 minutes today, against 31.1 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 37

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: 30, 23, 35, 20, 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37HOU @ GSW · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 39, 37, 14, 23, 13, 51, 26, 35GSW vs HOU · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 16, 9, 19, 24, 16, 19, 21, 33NYK vs WAS · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 22, 21, 21, 24, 24, 17, 14, 29MIL vs BOS · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 23, 24, 22, 19, 8, 23, 25, 29UTA @ DAL · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 18, 17, 19, 17, 41, 18, 23, 28WAS @ NYK · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 17 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+6.9 17.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Rodney HoodUTA+6.9 21.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.6 17.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Myles TurnerIND+5.2 15.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 4.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
CJ MilesIND−4.5 7.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Blake GriffinLAC−3.2 20.0 last 10 · 23.2 season
Eric BledsoePHX−3.2 17.2 last 10 · 20.4 season