FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 7, 2017Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BKN107
CHA111
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +17; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +4
Final
ORL104
HOU128
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +24
Final
POR114
DAL113
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +1
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 7, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC @ BOS), 31 points.
The lead · POR @ DAL

CJ McCollum scores 32, Portland holds off Dallas

Final: 114–113. CJ McCollum added 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+11+4+1POR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR32322228114
DAL27262931113
Who led
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 35, 24, 18, 28, 18, 28, 19, 32POR32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 28, 24, 33, 19, 27, 13, 29, 29POR29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 23, 31, 19, 24, 15, 13, 12, 26DAL26 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 13, 19, 15, 8, 8, 9, 9, 25DAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · BKN @ CHA

Charlotte never trails at a break against Brooklyn

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 111–107. Nicolas Batum led Charlotte with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over DAL1CHA over BKN4HOU over ORL24Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over BKN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg21.4Last 3

21.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg26.9Today

27 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 32

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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 35, 24, 18, 28, 18, 28, 19, 32POR @ DAL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 28, 24, 33, 19, 27, 13, 29, 29POR @ DAL · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 16, 4, 12, 17, 20, 20, 5, 28ORL @ HOU · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 23, 31, 19, 24, 15, 13, 12, 26DAL vs POR · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 26, 30, 51, 15, 10, 41, 42, 25HOU vs ORL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 13, 19, 15, 8, 8, 9, 9, 25DAL vs POR · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 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+7.2 22.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Marc GasolMEM+5.9 26.8 last 10 · 20.9 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.9 29.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.7 21.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dion WaitersMIA+5.5 21.0 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Tim FrazierNOP−5.5 3.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Anthony DavisNOP−5.2 22.7 last 10 · 27.9 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−5.0 13.4 last 10 · 18.4 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−4.5 6.1 last 10 · 10.6 season