FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 2, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed ATL by 8 after the first quarter and won 104–103.

Final
POR110
CLE127
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +17
Final
SAS100
NYK91
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +9
Final
ATL103
PHX104
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +1
Final
CHA131
SAC111
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +20; Q3 CHA +19; Q4 CHA +20
Final
MEM105
LAC113
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +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 · 2016–17Jan 2, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (CHI vs CHA), 52 points.
The lead · ATL @ PHX

Devin Booker scores 34, Phoenix rallies past Atlanta

Phoenix trailed by 8 after one and won 104–103.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+1-7+1PHX AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL27213223103
PHX19302431104
Who led
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 33, 22, 38, 46, 19, 32, 26, 32, 34PHX34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 19, 22, 27, 24, 17, 26, 28, 31PHX31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 13, 10, 22, 21, 20, 6, 13, 21ATL21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 18, 23, 8, 33, 21, 14, 22, 20ATL20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · SAS @ NYK

San Antonio beats New York, 100–91

San Antonio led 81–67 after three and won by 9. LaMarcus Aldridge led San Antonio with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over ATL1LAC over MEM8SAS over NYK9CLE over POR17CHA over SAC20Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg33.9Today

34 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 34

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 33, 22, 38, 46, 19, 32, 26, 32, 34PHX vs ATL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 13, 18, 32, 36, 21, 23, 40, 33LAC vs MEM · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 19, 22, 27, 24, 17, 26, 28, 31PHX vs ATL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 19, 22, 11, 29, 20, 25, 15, 29SAS @ NYK · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 7 games: 13, 12, 7, 10, 21, 18, 25SAS @ NYK · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 35, 39, 18, 21, 18, 17, 17, 25POR @ CLE · L
25.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 0 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
Lou WilliamsLAC+5.3 27.0 last 10 · 21.7 season
Reggie BullockDET+4.9 11.7 last 10 · 6.8 season
Dario SaricPHI+4.9 18.5 last 10 · 13.6 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