FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 17, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed HOU by 5 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final
TOR119
BKN109
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +10
Final
HOU103
MIA109
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +6
Final
DAL99
CHI98
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +1
Final
MIN114
SAS122
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +8
Final
DEN127
LAL121
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +6
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 17, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ LAL), 31 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIA

Miami upsets Houston

Miami (11–30) beat Houston (32–11) 109–103. Goran Dragic led Miami with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. James Harden scored 40 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-500+6MIA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU32212624103
MIA27262630109
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 5, 24, 19, 16, 24, 17, 19, 21MIA21 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 18, 12, 13, 2, 4, 3, 7, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 53, 23, 26, 14, 40, 40, 33, 27, 22, 40HOU40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 8, 9, 28, 14, 9, 10, 16, 13HOU13 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ CHI

Dallas holds off Chicago, 99–98

Dallas led 76–74 after three and held on to win by one. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over CHI1MIA over HOU6DEN over LAL6SAS over MIN8TOR over BKN10Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg24.9Today

25 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 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: 53, 23, 26, 14, 40, 40, 33, 27, 22, 40HOU @ MIA · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 19, 2018: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 26, 23, 36, 36, 41, 28, 23, 36TOR @ BKN · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 13, 25, 24, 19, 30, 31, 38, 34SAS vs MIN · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Cory JosephPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 11, 3, 14, 10, 7, 16, 4, 33TOR @ BKN · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 16, 25, 21, 18, 19, 22, 30, 29DEN @ LAL · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 8, 27, 23, 28, 15, 13, 13, 29SAS vs MIN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+7.0 21.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Austin RiversLAC+5.5 16.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
CJ McCollumPOR+4.4 27.9 last 10 · 23.5 season
Raymond FeltonLAC+4.3 11.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Malcolm BrogdonMIL+4.2 13.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Sean KilpatrickBKN−5.0 9.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.2 22.0 last 10 · 26.2 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Patty MillsSAS−4.1 6.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Ish SmithDET−3.3 4.8 last 10 · 8.1 season