FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 22, 2017Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed TOR by 3 after the first quarter and won 115–103.

Final
GSW118
ORL98
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +20
Final
LAL73
DAL122
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +34; Q3 DAL +35; Q4 DAL +49
Final
PHX115
TOR103
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +12
Final
DEN108
MIN111
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +3
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 22, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Kemba Walker (CHA @ ORL), 40 points.
The lead · PHX @ TOR

Eric Bledsoe scores 40 as Phoenix wins in Toronto

Final: 115–103. Eric Bledsoe made 11 of 17 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3-3+12PHX AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28292533115
TOR31292518103
Who led
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 26, 31, 11, 17, 31, 22, 23, 40PHX40 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 22, 28, 39, 39, 25, 21, 26, 20PHX20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 36, 41, 28, 23, 36, 25, 23, 22TOR22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 8, 18, 14, 12, 7, 10, 11, 16TOR16 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIN

Minnesota wins a tight one over Denver

111–108. Neither team led by more than 4 at any break. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over DEN3PHX over TOR12GSW over ORL20DAL over LAL49Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
23.62015–16 avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 2015–16 (81 games). Today: 9 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg36.5Today

36 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Eric Bledsoe 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.
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 26, 31, 11, 17, 31, 22, 23, 40PHX @ TOR · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 27, 2004: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Career high40 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 18, 34, 23, 29, 18, 27, 37, 32MIN vs DEN · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 40, 30, 24, 24, 20, 24, 24, 27GSW @ ORL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 41, 16, 13, 28, 19, 19, 10, 27, 24MIN vs DEN · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 9, 6, 19, 28, 20, 14, 20, 23ORL vs GSW · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 17, 17, 11, 15, 8, 16, 0, 22DEN @ MIN · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 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+8.6 23.6 last 10 · 15.0 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
Elfrid PaytonORL+4.1 16.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.0 14.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Sean KilpatrickBKN−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.3 5.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Brandon KnightPHX−4.2 7.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−3.9 7.1 last 10 · 11.0 season