FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 26, 2017Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 4 at halftime and won 127–120.

Final
IND109
MIN103
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +6
Final
DAL98
OKC109
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +11
Final
PHX120
DEN127
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +7
Final
LAL88
UTA96
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +8
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 26, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ NYK), 44 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Denver beats Phoenix, 127–120

Denver led 96–92 after three and won by 7. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+6-4+4+7DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX29323128120
DEN35223931127
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 22, 30, 29, 35, 19, 18, 23, 29DEN29 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 15, 18, 15, 14, 18, 14, 11, 25DEN25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 11, 17, 31, 22, 23, 40, 18, 28PHX28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 39, 39, 25, 21, 26, 20, 26, 24PHX24 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DAL @ OKC

OKC makes it three straight

OKC beat Dallas 109–98 and moved to 28–19. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 45 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · OKC
Wvs DEN121–106W@ CHI109–94Wvs MEM103–95L@ MIN86–96W@ SAC122–118L@ LAC98–120L@ GSW100–121W@ UTA97–95W@ NOP114–105Wvs DAL109–98OKC: last 10 games through Jan 26, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 45

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 24, 21, 36, 24, 27, 38, 27, 45OKC vs DAL · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Feb 2, 1997: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
45 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 23, 29, 18, 27, 37, 32, 18, 33MIN vs IND · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 19, 10, 19, 24, 21, 19, 31, 32IND @ MIN · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 22, 13, 20, 15, 19, 6, 23, 31DAL @ OKC · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 22, 30, 29, 35, 19, 18, 23, 29DEN vs PHX · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 11, 17, 31, 22, 23, 40, 18, 28PHX @ DEN · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+8.7 24.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Austin RiversLAC+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.3 27.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+4.2 33.3 last 10 · 29.1 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.2 14.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.8 15.7 last 10 · 20.5 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.3 5.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Anthony DavisNOP−3.9 24.2 last 10 · 28.1 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−3.9 7.1 last 10 · 11.0 season