FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 15, 2017Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed LAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 102–97.

Final
MIN87
DAL98
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +11
Final
MIL98
ATL111
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +13
Final
NYK101
TOR116
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +34; Q4 TOR +15
Final
HOU137
BKN112
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +25
Final
CHI108
MEM104
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +4
Final
OKC122
SAC118
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +4
Final
DET102
LAL97
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +5
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 15, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ BKN), 33 points.
The lead · DET @ LAL

Detroit climbs back to beat Lakers

Lakers led by 8 after one. Detroit won it 102–97. Marcus Morris led Detroit with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-8+2+3+5DET AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET23361627102
LAL3126152597
Who led
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 11, 14, 20, 10, 9, 21, 11, 23DET23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 17, 22, 25, 14, 18, 18, 13, 23DET23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 14, 10, 24, 10, 10, 10, 13, 26LAL26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 18, 22, 19, 17, 9, 9, 5, 20LAL20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHI @ MEM

Chicago beats Memphis, 108–104

Chicago led 78–77 after three and won by 4. Doug McDermott led Chicago with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over MEM4OKC over SAC4DET over LAL5DAL over MIN11ATL over MIL13TOR over NYK15HOU over BKN25Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 36

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: 21, 17, 30, 33, 49, 32, 21, 24, 21, 36OKC @ SAC · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Nov 19, 2005: 36 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
36 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 25, 35, 26, 27, 25, 0, 19, 33MIL @ ATL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 26, 31, 13, 25, 17, 24, 26, 31SAC vs OKC · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Doug McDermottPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 11, 17, 17, 7, 4, 2, 8, 31CHI @ MEM · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 2, 22, 15, 14, 20, 19, 21, 29OKC @ SAC · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 22, 21, 17, 27, 19, 22, 17, 28MEM vs CHI · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
CJ McCollumPOR+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.6 18.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Austin RiversLAC+4.7 15.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Aaron GordonORL+4.3 15.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Raymond FeltonLAC+4.0 11.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAL−4.1 13.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Sean KilpatrickBKN−4.1 10.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Zach LaVineMIN−3.4 16.7 last 10 · 20.1 season
Jamal MurrayDEN−3.4 4.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ish SmithDET−3.3 4.8 last 10 · 8.1 season