FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 5, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by POR (vs LAL) and TOR (vs UTA).

Final
BKN109
IND121
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +12
Final
CHA114
DET115
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +1
Final
UTA93
TOR101
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +8
Final
OKC116
HOU118
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +2
Final
ATL99
NOP94
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +5
Final
PHX102
DAL95
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +7
Final
SAS127
DEN99
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +28
Final
LAL109
POR118
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +9
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 5, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW @ LAL), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ TOR

Kyle Lowry scores 33 in Toronto win over Utah

Final: 101–93. Kyle Lowry added 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-9-4-2+8TOR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2725212093
TOR18302330101
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 23, 36, 27, 27, 24, 41, 6, 33TOR33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 15, 24, 20, 29, 24, 31, 26, 23TOR23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shelvin MackPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 13, 17, 9, 4, 8, 15, 8, 17UTA17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 28, 23, 31, 20, 18, 30, 23, 16UTA16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
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
11.1Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 26 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.2minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
25.72015–16 avg3.5Last 2

3.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.7 in 2015–16 (31 games). Today: 4 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg32.4Today

32 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Denver by 28, the widest margin of 8 games.

DET over CHA1HOU over OKC2ATL over NOP5PHX over DAL7TOR over UTA8POR over LAL9IND over BKN12SAS over DEN28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 49

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 46, 42, 45, 31, 29, 21, 17, 30, 33, 49OKC @ HOU · L
31.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, May 4, 2006: 50 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
49 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 23, 36, 27, 27, 24, 41, 6, 33TOR vs UTA · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 20, 15, 21, 22, 37, 34, 20, 32CHA @ DET · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 10, 18, 33, 27, 8, 27, 23, 28SAS @ DEN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 10, 36, 13, 16, 29, 20, 29, 43, 35, 27POR vs LAL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 27, 16, 32, 34, 30, 53, 23, 26HOU vs OKC · W
28.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 12 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+4.6 17.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Raymond FeltonLAC+4.4 11.2 last 10 · 6.8 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+3.7 31.5 last 10 · 27.8 season
Austin RiversLAC+3.6 14.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+3.5 13.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−5.1 23.5 last 10 · 28.6 season
Rodney HoodUTA−4.7 9.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jamal MurrayDEN−3.8 4.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Ish SmithDET−3.6 4.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.6 20.6 last 10 · 24.2 season