FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 23, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 12 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final
WAS109
CHA99
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +10
Final
LAC115
ATL105
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +10
Final
SAS112
BKN86
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +26
Final
SAC109
DET104
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +5
Final
GSW102
MIA105
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
NYK109
IND103
Q1 NYK -12; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +6
Final
HOU114
MIL127
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +13
Final
CLE122
NOP124
Q1 NOP +9; Q2 NOP +20; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +2
Final
OKC97
UTA95
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC +2
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 23, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs IND), 48 points.
The lead · NYK @ IND

New York rallies from 12 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 12 after one, New York outscored the Pacers 87–69 the rest of the way. Final: 109–103. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+4+11+6NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK22402423109
IND34241728103
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 28, 23, 18, 30, 13, 34, 31, 26NYK26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 25, 17, 16, 18, 30, 20, 26, 20NYK20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 26, 19, 10, 19, 24, 21, 19, 31IND31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 25, 13, 9, 18, 16, 15, 13, 22IND22 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 26.

NOP over CLE2OKC over UTA2MIA over GSW3SAC over DET5NYK over IND6WAS over CHA10LAC over ATL10MIL over HOU13SAS over BKN26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg35.1Today

35 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 49

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 27, 20, 11, 26, 17, 26, 29, 49CLE @ NOP · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +25.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 28, 2004: 48 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Season high49 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 49, 32, 21, 24, 21, 36, 24, 27, 38OKC @ UTA · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Jan 6, 2020: 38 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
38 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 4, 11, 24, 9, 15, 7, 13, 36NOP vs CLE · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 13, 9, 21, 1, 11, 14, 12, 33NOP vs CLE · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 28, 4, 9, 8, 8, 13, 17, 12, 33, 33MIA vs GSW · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 0, 19, 33, 23, 32, 17, 24, 31MIL vs HOU · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 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
Austin RiversLAC+6.1 17.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.5 26.0 last 10 · 20.5 season
Enes KanterOKC+4.2 18.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.0 14.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.3 5.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Brandon KnightPHX−4.2 7.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.1 16.4 last 10 · 20.5 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−3.9 7.1 last 10 · 11.0 season