FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 3, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 105–103.

Final
TOR94
ORL102
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +8
Final
IND106
BKN97
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +9
Final
MIN108
DET116
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +8
Final
LAL107
BOS113
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +6
Final · OT
CHI117
HOU121
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
MEM102
OKC114
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +12
Final
MIL117
DEN121
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +4
Final
DAL108
POR104
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +4
Final
PHX105
SAC103
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +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 · 2015–16Feb 3, 2016: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ WAS), 51 points.
The lead · PHX @ SAC

D-Book pours in 33, Phoenix beats Sacramento

Devin Booker finished with 33 points in a 105–103 win.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-600+2PHX AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX15343026105
SAC21283024103
Who led
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 26, 20, 26, 24, 23, 22, 20, 33PHX33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 4, 4, 8, 21, 6, 6, 8, 21PHX21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 42, 22, 28, 26, 35, 46, 16, 22SAC22 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 8, 12, 23, 26, 17, 8, 5, 19SAC19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: OKC by 12.

PHX over SAC2HOU over CHI4DEN over MIL4DAL over POR4BOS over LAL6ORL over TOR8DET over MIN8IND over BKN9OKC over MEM12Final 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
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.9Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 3.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 38, 17, 29, 26, 30, 51, 15, 10, 41, 42HOU vs CHI · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Mar 22, 2011: 42 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
42 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 27, 38, 27, 45, 20, 27, 28, 38OKC vs MEM · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 6, 2015: 38 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
38 PTS · 13 REB · 12 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 41, 25, 38, 21, 37, 41, 44, 38BOS vs LAL · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 23, 14, 25, 13, 14, 13, 7, 36DET vs MIN · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 26, 20, 26, 24, 23, 22, 20, 33PHX @ SAC · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Yogi FerrellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 0, 10, 5, 2, 9, 19, 11, 32DAL @ POR · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 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+8.8 24.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Marc GasolMEM+6.7 27.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Eric BledsoePHX+6.2 27.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+6.0 35.9 last 10 · 29.9 season
Seth CurryDAL+5.7 17.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−5.7 14.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−5.3 13.4 last 10 · 18.7 season
Trevor ArizaHOU−4.9 6.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.8 4.3 last 10 · 9.1 season