FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 7, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAS by 5 at halftime and won 111–110.

Final
UTA102
MIA103
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +1
Final
NYK100
DAL96
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +4
Final
OKC100
PHX114
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +14
Final
SAS110
POR111
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +1
Final
ATL113
LAL132
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +19
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 7, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (CHI vs TOR), 42 points.
The lead · SAS @ POR

Portland survives San Antonio, 111–110

A one-point finish after it was 80–80 through three. CJ McCollum led Portland with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final00-50+1POR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS27262730110
POR27213231111
Who led
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 15, 17, 34, 18, 32, 19, 20, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Maurice HarklessPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 0, 4, 22, 8, 6, 0, 3, 19POR19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 11, 29, 20, 25, 15, 29, 24, 30SAS30 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 10, 15, 11, 2, 4, 12, 21, 26SAS26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ MIA

Miami takes over late to edge Utah

Down 1 after three, Miami won the fourth 29–27. Final: 103–102. Goran Dragic led Miami with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over UTA1POR over SAS1NYK over DAL4PHX over OKC14LAL over ATL19Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.8Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 24.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 30

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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 11, 29, 20, 25, 15, 29, 24, 30SAS @ POR · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 1, 29, 22, 23, 18, 30, 13, 16, 15, 29NYK @ DAL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 8, 33, 21, 14, 22, 20, 14, 27ATL @ LAL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 6, 29, 13, 17, 29, 24, 15, 27UTA @ MIA · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 27, 31, 30, 40, 38, 20, 29, 26OKC @ PHX · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Jan 26, 2018: 26 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
26 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 38, 46, 19, 32, 26, 32, 34, 17, 21, 26PHX vs OKC · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Reggie BullockDET+6.1 13.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Shabazz NapierPOR+4.8 14.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.6 29.5 last 10 · 24.9 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.6 26.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Cold
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.9 6.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.1 19.6 last 10 · 23.7 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Avery BradleyDET−3.1 12.1 last 10 · 15.2 season