FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 4, 2018Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed HOU by 4 after the first quarter and won 124–114.

Final
GSW124
HOU114
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +10
Final
OKC127
LAC117
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC +10
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 4, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR @ GSW), 35 points.
The lead · GSW @ HOU

Golden State makes it three straight

Golden State beat Houston 124–114 and moved to 31–8. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1+3+10GSW AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW33293131124
HOU37262724114
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 27, 28, 23, 30, 31, 38, 32, 29GSW29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 16, 15, 24, 15, 24, 21, 25, 28GSW28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 21, 28, 20, 24, 16, 14, 17, 30HOU30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 5 games: 0, 18, 10, 27, 29HOU29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · OKC @ LAC

OKC handles Clippers by 10

The Thunder won the second quarter 34–31. Final: 127–117. Paul George led OKC with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs LAC
Paul George · OKCDeAndre Jordan · LACPTS3126REB617AST31Top 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
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−4.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg32.1Last 3

32.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg31.3Today

31 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 31

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 18, 17, 26, 24, 33, 25, 24, 31OKC @ LAC · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 21, 28, 20, 24, 16, 14, 17, 30HOU vs GSW · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 30, 27, 31, 30, 40, 38, 20, 29OKC @ LAC · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Blake Griffin LAC, Apr 22, 2015: 29 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
29 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 27, 28, 23, 30, 31, 38, 32, 29GSW @ HOU · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 5 games: 0, 18, 10, 27, 29HOU vs GSW · L
16.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 28, 25, 18, 8, 8, 28, 8, 28HOU vs GSW · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 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+5.9 30.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.2 27.0 last 10 · 21.8 season
Dario SaricPHI+4.9 18.6 last 10 · 13.7 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