FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 11, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DEN by 5 after the first quarter and won 125–109.

Final
LAC107
CHA102
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +5
Final
MIL116
IND100
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +16
Final
DEN109
CLE125
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +16
Final
MIA109
PHI117
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +8
Final
GSW130
OKC114
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +16
Final
ORL80
DAL112
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +26; Q3 DAL +32; Q4 DAL +32
Final
PHX102
HOU133
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +24; Q3 HOU +34; Q4 HOU +31
Final
BOS112
UTA104
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +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 · 2015–16Feb 11, 2016: 2 games. Top scorer: Khris Middleton (MIL vs WAS), 27 points.
The lead · DEN @ CLE

Cleveland beats Denver, 125–109

Cleveland led 92–78 after three and won by 16. LeBron James led Cleveland with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+4+14+16CLE AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN33222331109
CLE28313333125
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 25, 23, 27, 32, 32, 25, 18, 27CLE27 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 49, 20, 28, 29, 18, 14, 23, 29, 28, 27CLE27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 23, 29, 20, 11, 13, 18, 40, 27DEN27 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 17, 12, 14, 8, 20, 13, 16, 16DEN16 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Dallas posts the night's biggest win

Dallas beat Orlando by 32, the widest margin of 8 games.

LAC over CHA5PHI over MIA8BOS over UTA8MIL over IND16CLE over DEN16GSW over OKC16HOU over PHX31DAL over ORL32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 47

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: 27, 45, 20, 27, 28, 38, 42, 27, 29, 47OKC vs GSW · L
31.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, May 9, 2009: 47 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
47 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 51, 15, 10, 41, 42, 25, 30, 40HOU vs PHX · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Robert Horry HOU, Nov 16, 1995: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 23, 33, 18, 26, 10, 22, 24, 34GSW @ OKC · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 24, 14, 27, 33, 30, 17, 36, 31UTA vs BOS · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 23, 20, 27, 16, 33, 16, 21, 30MIA @ PHI · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 38, 21, 37, 41, 44, 38, 28, 26, 34, 29BOS @ UTA · W
29.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 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
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.9 23.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.5 21.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Dion WaitersMIA+5.5 21.0 last 10 · 15.5 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.1 28.8 last 10 · 23.7 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+4.7 17.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Tim FrazierNOP−5.6 3.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−5.3 5.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.6 7.4 last 10 · 11.0 season