FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 1, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed ORL by 5 after the first quarter and won 98–95.

Final
ORL95
BKN98
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +3
Final · OT
MIL127
TOR131
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +4
Final · OT
POR124
CHI120
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +4
Final
LAL96
MIN114
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +18
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 · 2016–17Jan 1, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR @ MIN), 43 points.
The lead · ORL @ BKN

Brooklyn wins a tight one over Orlando

98–95. Neither team led by more than 5 at any break. Jarrett Allen led Brooklyn with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-5-1+1+3BKN AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2721222595
BKN2225242798
Who led
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 0, 10, 4, 12, 3, 12, 4, 16BKN16 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 13, 17, 14, 18, 22, 12, 16, 15BKN15 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 29, 10, 14, 24, 14, 13, 14, 39, 20ORL20 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 15, 14, 18, 30, 19, 19, 8, 17ORL17 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · POR @ CHI

Portland needs overtime to survive Chicago

Tied 112–112 after regulation. Portland won the final period 12–8 for a 124–120 win. CJ McCollum led Portland with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs CHI
CJ McCollum · PORKris Dunn · CHIPTS3222REB67AST84Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg22.9Today

23 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 52

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 31, 21, 28, 45, 29, 8, 15, 25, 52TOR vs MIL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Jan 21, 2006: 51 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Career high52 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 25, 20, 13, 15, 17, 34, 18, 32POR @ CHI · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 19, 26, 24, 16, 22, 26, 8, 29MIL @ TOR · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 37, 25, 32, 23, 39, 20, 26, 28MIN vs LAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 29, 28, 27, 26, 28, 22, 23, 26MIL @ TOR · L
29.0 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 16, 11, 23, 12, 23, 13, 12, 26TOR vs MIL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.2 31.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.7 18.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Reggie BullockDET+4.9 11.7 last 10 · 6.8 season
Dario SaricPHI+4.9 18.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Shabazz NapierPOR+4.8 14.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ryan AndersonHOU−3.6 6.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Ben SimmonsPHI−3.3 13.3 last 10 · 16.6 season