FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 8, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BKN by 11 at halftime and won 105–95.

Final
PHI105
BKN95
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +10
Final
WAS107
MIL101
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +6
Final
MIA86
LAC98
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +12
Final
HOU129
TOR122
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +7
Final
UTA79
MEM88
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +9
Final
CLE120
PHX116
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +4
Final · 2OT
DET125
POR124
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET -7; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET 0; OT2 DET +1
Final
GSW117
SAC106
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +11
Final
ORL95
LAL111
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +16
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 8, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Lou Williams (LAL vs OKC), 44 points.
The lead · PHI @ BKN

Philadelphia climbs back to beat Brooklyn

Brooklyn led by 11 at the half. Philadelphia won it 105–95. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-11+5+10PHI AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI24223227105
BKN2730162295
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 33, 11, 27, 25, 23, 25, 23, 20PHI20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dario SaricPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 2, 8, 12, 14, 13, 8, 8, 18PHI18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 16, 21, 33, 11, 14, 12, 17, 26BKN26 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Justin HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 8, 3, 5, 2, 5, 16, 9, 16BKN16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · HOU @ TOR

Houston makes it eight straight

Houston beat Toronto 129–122 and moved to 30–9. James Harden led Houston with 40 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
W@ PHX125–111L@ MEM109–115Wvs PHX131–115W@ DAL123–107Wvs LAC140–116Wvs NYK129–122Wvs WAS101–91Wvs OKC118–116W@ ORL100–93W@ TOR129–122HOU: last 10 games through Jan 8, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg51.9Today

52 minutes today, against 30.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 40

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: 27, 16, 32, 34, 30, 53, 23, 26, 14, 40HOU @ TOR · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Dec 6, 2023: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 20, 29, 24, 31, 26, 23, 36, 36TOR vs HOU · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 36, 13, 16, 29, 20, 29, 43, 35, 27, 35POR vs DET · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 24, 13, 22, 19, 22, 17, 26, 31PHX vs CLE · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 17, 13, 14, 20, 27, 20, 22, 31DET @ POR · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 25, 15, 28, 14, 22, 35, 40, 30GSW @ SAC · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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
Isaiah ThomasBOS+4.8 32.8 last 10 · 28.0 season
Austin RiversLAC+4.8 15.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
CJ McCollumPOR+4.7 28.3 last 10 · 23.6 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.6 17.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Ty LawsonSAC+4.4 12.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Rodney HoodUTA−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jamal MurrayDEN−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
Anthony DavisNOP−3.6 25.2 last 10 · 28.8 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL−3.2 10.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Sean KilpatrickBKN−3.1 11.7 last 10 · 14.8 season