FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 8, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed SAC by 10 at halftime and won 107–100.

Final
MIL96
IND109
Q1 IND +21; Q2 IND +26; Q3 IND +23; Q4 IND +13
Final · OT
TOR114
BKN113
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +1
Final
HOU116
CHI107
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +9
Final
CLE99
MIN127
Q1 MIN +14; Q2 MIN +27; Q3 MIN +35; Q4 MIN +28
Final
DET109
NOP112
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +3
Final
SAS107
SAC100
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +7
Final
DEN114
GSW124
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +10
Final
ATL107
LAC108
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +1
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 8, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ TOR), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ SAC

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 31 in San Antonio win over Sacramento

Final: 107–100. LaMarcus Aldridge added 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-4-10-3+7SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS21252734107
SAC25312024100
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 29, 20, 25, 15, 29, 24, 30, 31SAS31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Davis BertansPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 13, 12, 8, 28SAS28 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Willie Cauley-SteinPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 22, 17, 17, 11, 21, 8, 17, 22SAC22 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 15, 9, 16, 13, 8, 11, 11, 16SAC16 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 28.

TOR over BKN1LAC over ATL1NOP over DET3SAS over SAC7HOU over CHI9GSW over DEN10IND over MIL13MIN over CLE28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
33.82016–17 avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 2016–17 (76 games). Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 35

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 45, 29, 8, 15, 25, 52, 35, 20, 35TOR @ BKN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 36, 21, 23, 40, 33, 26, 23, 34LAC vs ATL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 23, 30, 31, 38, 32, 29, 45, 32GSW vs DEN · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 29, 20, 25, 15, 29, 24, 30, 31SAS @ SAC · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 12, 7, 11, 10, 7, 26, 20, 31BKN vs TOR · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 20, 17, 33, 33, 31, 29, 16, 30NOP vs DET · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 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
Lou WilliamsLAC+6.4 28.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Reggie BullockDET+5.5 13.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Shabazz NapierPOR+4.8 14.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.6 29.5 last 10 · 24.9 season
Cold
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.1 19.6 last 10 · 23.7 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.0 7.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−2.9 25.8 last 10 · 28.7 season