FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 3, 2018Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CHI by 10 after the first quarter and won 124–115.

Final
HOU116
ORL98
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +18
Final
SAS106
PHI112
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +6
Final
NYK103
WAS121
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +18
Final
MIN97
BKN98
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +1
Final
DET104
MIA111
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +7
Final
CLE88
BOS102
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +14
Final
TOR124
CHI115
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +9
Final
IND101
MIL122
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +21
Final
GSW125
DAL122
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +3
Final
PHX111
DEN134
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +23
Final
NOP108
UTA98
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +10
Final
OKC133
LAL96
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +19; Q3 OKC +26; Q4 OKC +37
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 3, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Paul George (IND @ DET), 32 points.
The lead · TOR @ CHI

DeMar DeRozan scores 35 as Toronto wins in Chicago

Final: 124–115. DeMar DeRozan made 10 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-30+9TOR AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR21353434124
CHI31283125115
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 28, 45, 29, 8, 15, 25, 52, 35TOR35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Delon WrightPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 7, 12, 14, 7, 6, 13, 8, 25TOR25 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 8, 12, 15, 11, 11, 11, 14, 26CHI26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 25, 12, 3, 12, 32, 11, 19, 22CHI22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg32.8Today

33 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Lakers by 37, the widest margin of 12 games.

BKN over MIN1GSW over DAL3PHI over SAS6MIA over DET7TOR over CHI9NOP over UTA10BOS over CLE14HOU over ORL18WAS over NYK18MIL over IND21DEN over PHX23OKC over LAL37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Gary Harris leads the day with 36

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.
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 36, 21, 17, 17, 19, 15, 10, 17, 36DEN vs PHX · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 28, 45, 29, 8, 15, 25, 52, 35TOR @ CHI · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 33, 27, 28, 23, 30, 31, 38, 32GSW @ DAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 28, 27, 26, 28, 22, 23, 26, 31MIL vs IND · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 37, 25, 32, 23, 39, 20, 26, 28, 30MIN @ BKN · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 28, 37, 20, 17, 33, 33, 31, 29NOP @ UTA · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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
Josh RichardsonMIA+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Reggie BullockDET+6.0 13.2 last 10 · 7.2 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.6 30.3 last 10 · 24.7 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+5.3 27.0 last 10 · 21.7 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.2 27.0 last 10 · 21.8 season
Cold
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.5 7.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.6 20.2 last 10 · 23.8 season
Will BartonDEN−3.3 11.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.3 10.7 last 10 · 14.0 season