FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 3, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 113–105.

Final
MIN91
PHI93
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +2
Final
UTA104
BOS115
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +11
Final
IND121
DET116
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +5
Final
WAS105
DAL113
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +8
Final
TOR82
SAS110
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +28
Final
SAC120
DEN113
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +7
Final
MIA90
PHX99
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +9
Final
MEM102
LAL116
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +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 · 2015–16Jan 3, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (CHI @ TOR), 42 points.
The lead · WAS @ DAL

Dallas takes care of Washington

An 8-point win, 113–105. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-1-6-1+8DAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS29382117105
DAL28332626113
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 19, 28, 24, 15, 21, 17, 25, 26DAL26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 23, 23, 12, 24, 6, 8, 11, 21DAL21 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 19, 23, 18, 18, 36, 19, 18, 27WAS27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 41, 22, 21, 10, 22, 12, 27, 25WAS25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · MIA @ PHX

Phoenix beats Miami, 99–90

Phoenix led 83–66 after three and won by 9. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over MIN2IND over DET5SAC over DEN7DAL over WAS8PHX over MIA9BOS over UTA11LAL over MEM14SAS over TOR28Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg32.2Today

32 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 18 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 32

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 27, 16, 19, 14, 34, 32, 19, 32IND @ DET · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 33, 55, 21, 32, 30, 28, 26, 31SAC @ DEN · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 44, 28, 34, 27, 21, 31, 52, 29BOS vs UTA · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 18, 40, 16, 21, 17, 24, 13, 28MIN @ PHI · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 19, 23, 18, 18, 36, 19, 18, 27WAS @ DAL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 28, 23, 16, 8, 19, 20, 13, 27PHX vs MIA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 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
Nikola JokicDEN+4.2 17.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Aaron GordonORL+3.7 14.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+3.7 31.5 last 10 · 27.8 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL+3.7 27.5 last 10 · 23.8 season
Nicolas BatumCHA+3.5 18.4 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Jamal MurrayDEN−4.2 3.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
T.J. WarrenPHX−4.1 10.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Anthony DavisNOP−3.9 25.0 last 10 · 28.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.8 20.1 last 10 · 23.9 season
Marcus MorrisDET−3.7 9.4 last 10 · 13.1 season