FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 9, 2017Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NOP110
NYK96
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +9; Q3 NOP +25; Q4 NOP +14
Final
OKC109
CHI94
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +15
Final
DAL92
MIN101
Q1 MIN +14; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +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 9, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ SAC), 38 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIN

KAT pours in 34, Minnesota beats Dallas

Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 34 points in a 101–92 win.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+14+8+7+9MIN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1927242292
MIN33212324101
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 22, 15, 18, 11, 23, 18, 18, 34MIN34 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 3, 18, 5, 1, 5, 4, 12, 13MIN13 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 15, 21, 17, 25, 26, 19, 21, 30DAL30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 17, 10, 7, 11, 11, 13, 11, 26DAL26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg25.2Today

25 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · NOP @ NYK

New Orleans leads New York wire to wire

New Orleans was ahead at every break and won 110–96. Best quarter: the second, 31–25. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 40 points, 18 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over DAL9NOP over NYK14OKC over CHI15Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over NYK.
Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 28, 28, 20, 23, 20, 20, 36, 40NOP @ NYK · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Jan 5, 2000: 40 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 22, 15, 18, 11, 23, 18, 18, 34MIN vs DAL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 15, 21, 17, 25, 26, 19, 21, 30DAL @ MIN · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 17, 10, 7, 11, 11, 13, 11, 26DAL @ MIN · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 24, 21, 16, 20, 8, 10, 20, 22CHI vs OKC · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 15, 6, 11, 20, 18, 8, 16, 22OKC @ CHI · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 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
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
Jordan ClarksonLAL−3.2 10.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Sean KilpatrickBKN−3.1 11.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ish SmithDET−3.0 5.3 last 10 · 8.3 season