FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 10, 2018Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed NOP by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–102.

Final
DAL115
CHA111
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +4
Final
MIA114
IND106
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +8
Final
UTA107
WAS104
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +3
Final
DET114
BKN80
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +22; Q3 DET +29; Q4 DET +34
Final · 2OT
CHI122
NYK119
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI +3
Final
POR112
HOU121
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +9
Final
NOP102
MEM105
Q1 MEM -9; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +3
Final
ORL103
MIL110
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +7
Final
OKC88
MIN104
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +16
Final
ATL110
DEN97
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +13
Final
LAC125
GSW106
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +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 10, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR vs BOS), 41 points.
The lead · NOP @ MEM

Memphis rallies from 9 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 9 after one, Memphis outscored the Pelicans 76–64 the rest of the way. Final: 105–102. Tyreke Evans led Memphis with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-9-1+7+3MEM AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP3823932102
MEM29311728105
Who led
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 30, 25, 32, 22, 26, 18, 26, 28MEM28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 17, 18, 11, 27, 7, 11, 17, 21MEM21 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 16, 27, 32, 29, 19, 23, 20, 29NOP29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
E'Twaun MoorePoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 15, 20, 16, 12, 6, 8, 23, 16NOP16 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Brooklyn by 34, the widest margin of 11 games.

UTA over WAS3CHI over NYK3MEM over NOP3DAL over CHA4MIL over ORL7MIA over IND8HOU over POR9ATL over DEN13MIN over OKC16LAC over GSW19DET over BKN34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.2Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg10.8Last 3

10.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Lou Williams leads the day with 50

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.
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 21, 23, 40, 33, 26, 23, 34, 50LAC @ GSW · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +27.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Feb 20, 2020: 50 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Career high50 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 32, 19, 24, 16, 30, 12, 19, 41CHA vs DAL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ben Gordon CHI, Jan 2, 2007: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 33, 18, 25, 21, 27, 20, 25, 40GSW vs LAC · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Lamond Murray CLE, Jan 2, 2002: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 30, 40, 38, 20, 29, 26, 22, 38OKC @ MIN · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 8, 8, 28, 8, 28, 16, 24, 37HOU vs POR · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 21, 10, 17, 21, 25, 25, 16, 35WAS vs UTA · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 11 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+8.9 31.8 last 10 · 22.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.0 30.1 last 10 · 25.1 season
Wayne EllingtonMIA+4.6 15.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shabazz NapierPOR+4.6 14.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Dario SaricPHI+4.5 18.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Jonathon SimmonsORL−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.1 7.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−3.0 25.7 last 10 · 28.7 season