FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 21, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed CLE by 11 after the first quarter and won 118–115.

Final · OT
POR127
BOS123
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +4
Final
WAS112
DET113
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +1
Final
PHI93
ATL110
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +17
Final
BKN105
CHA112
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +7
Final
MIL97
MIA109
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +12
Final
PHX107
NYK105
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +2
Final
HOU119
MEM95
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +24
Final · OT
SAS118
CLE115
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +3
Final
SAC99
CHI102
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +3
Final
LAC98
DEN123
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +25
Final
IND100
UTA109
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +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 21, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs DET), 32 points.
The lead · SAS @ CLE

Kawhi Leonard scores 41 as San Antonio beats Cleveland

San Antonio won 118–115. Kawhi Leonard: 41 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-1-50+3SAS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS2235272311118
CLE332531188115
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 24, 19, 30, 31, 38, 34, 34, 41SAS41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 8, 27, 23, 28, 15, 13, 13, 29, 10, 16SAS16 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 36, 28, 29, 20, 16, 20, 21, 29CLE29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 32, 27, 20, 11, 26, 17, 26, 29CLE29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Clippers by 25.

DET over WAS1PHX over NYK2SAS over CLE3CHI over SAC3POR over BOS4CHA over BKN7UTA over IND9MIA over MIL12ATL over PHI17HOU over MEM24DEN over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg36.3Today

36 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 42

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 25, 17, 24, 26, 31, 25, 19, 42SAC @ CHI · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Nov 27, 2021: 42 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 24, 19, 30, 31, 38, 34, 34, 41SAS @ CLE · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Jan 4, 1996: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Career high41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 52, 29, 24, 38, 27, 38, 28, 35, 39, 41BOS vs POR · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kyrie Irving CLE, Jun 13, 2016: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 35, 25, 27, 26, 12, 18, 16, 35POR @ BOS · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 4, 9, 8, 8, 13, 17, 12, 33MIA vs MIL · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 23, 17, 9, 14, 24, 28, 28, 32MEM vs HOU · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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+8.5 23.4 last 10 · 14.9 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+6.1 35.1 last 10 · 29.0 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.5 26.0 last 10 · 20.5 season
Austin RiversLAC+4.7 16.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tony ParkerSAS+3.8 15.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Sean KilpatrickBKN−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.3 5.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Zach LaVineMIN−4.1 15.7 last 10 · 19.8 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−3.9 7.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−3.7 7.7 last 10 · 11.4 season