FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 18, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SAC by 19 at halftime and won 106–100.

Final
POR85
CHA107
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +22
Final
TOR89
PHI94
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MEM101
WAS104
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +3
Final
NYK117
BOS106
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +11
Final
ATL95
DET118
Q1 DET +24; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +23
Final
MIL92
HOU111
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +19
Final
ORL98
NOP118
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +19; Q4 NOP +20
Final
OKC100
GSW121
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +21
Final
IND106
SAC100
Q1 IND -13; Q2 IND -19; Q3 IND -8; Q4 IND +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 18, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Kemba Walker (CHA vs UTA), 52 points.
The lead · IND @ SAC

Indiana erases 19-point lead, steals one from Sacramento

Sacramento led 60–41 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 65–40 to take it 106–100. Paul George led Indiana with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-19-8+6IND AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND21203035106
SAC34261921100
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 32, 19, 32, 26, 19, 10, 19, 24IND24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 7, 12, 17, 21, 19, 14, 16, 22IND22 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 31, 13, 25, 17, 24, 26, 31, 25SAC25 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 7, 17, 18, 23, 11, 23, 22, 21SAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg4.8Last 3

4.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MIL @ HOU

Milwaukee's skid reaches three

Houston won 111–92; the Bucks fall to 20–21. James Harden led Houston with 38 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · MIL
W@ CHI116–96Wvs OKC98–94W@ NYK105–104Lvs NYK111–116Lvs WAS101–107W@ SAS109–107Wvs MIA116–108L@ ATL98–111Lvs PHI104–113L@ HOU92–111MIL: last 10 games through Jan 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 21, 30, 27, 28, 28, 25, 21, 40GSW vs OKC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Mar 5, 2002: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 31, 52, 29, 24, 38, 27, 38, 28, 35, 39BOS vs NYK · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 14, 40, 40, 33, 27, 22, 40, 38HOU vs MIL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 26, 27, 25, 0, 19, 33, 23, 32MIL @ HOU · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 15, 12, 14, 25, 17, 16, 18, 30NYK @ BOS · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 2, 22, 23, 23, 17, 9, 14, 24, 28MEM @ WAS · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Isaiah ThomasBOS+5.4 34.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
CJ McCollumPOR+4.3 27.7 last 10 · 23.4 season
Raymond FeltonLAC+4.3 11.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Sean KilpatrickBKN−5.0 9.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Patty MillsSAS−4.1 6.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.0 22.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Tim FrazierNOP−3.8 5.6 last 10 · 9.4 season