FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 5, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DAL by 8 after three quarters and won 127–124.

Final
MIN84
BOS91
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +7
Final
DET78
PHI114
Q1 PHI +17; Q2 PHI +30; Q3 PHI +36; Q4 PHI +36
Final · OT
NYK103
MIA107
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +4
Final
TOR129
MIL110
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +26; Q4 TOR +19
Final
CHI127
DAL124
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI -8; Q4 CHI +3
Final
PHX89
SAS103
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +14
Final
UTA91
DEN99
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +8
Final
WAS102
MEM100
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +2
Final
ATL89
POR110
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +21
Final
CHA108
LAL94
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +15; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +14
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 5, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ HOU), 49 points.
The lead · CHI @ DAL

Kris Dunn scores 32, Chicago holds off Dallas

Final: 127–124. Kris Dunn added 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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+6+4-8+3CHI AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI34232347127
DAL28253536124
Who led
Kris DunnPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 10, 2, 20, 17, 19, 22, 2, 32CHI32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 12, 15, 11, 11, 11, 14, 26, 23CHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 9, 7, 5, 12, 18, 9, 22, 24DAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 20, 22, 16, 13, 13, 24, 18, 23DAL23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Detroit by 36.

WAS over MEM2CHI over DAL3MIA over NYK4BOS over MIN7DEN over UTA8SAS over PHX14CHA over LAL14TOR over MIL19POR over ATL21PHI over DET36Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg27.1Today

27 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal 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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 4, 17, 25, 20, 21, 39, 27, 34WAS @ MEM · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kris DunnPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 10, 2, 20, 17, 19, 22, 2, 32CHI @ DAL · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 23, 30, 25, 32, 22, 26, 18, 26MEM vs WAS · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 30, 7, 14, 22, 21, 31, 13, 26DEN vs UTA · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Trey LylesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 15, 10, 15, 16, 23, 16, 16, 26DEN vs UTA · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 16, 21, 14, 22, 18, 16, 16, 25MIN @ BOS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 23 REB · 1 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+7.1 19.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Reggie BullockDET+6.0 13.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.9 30.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.8 27.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.7 26.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Cold
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−5.6 18.0 last 10 · 23.6 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.5 7.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Avery BradleyDET−3.1 12.2 last 10 · 15.3 season