FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 11, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed PHI by 9 at halftime and won 114–103.

Final
BOS114
PHI103
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +11
Final
CLE99
TOR133
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +25; Q3 TOR +28; Q4 TOR +34
Final
LAC121
SAC115
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +6
Final
SAS81
LAL93
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +12
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 11, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (BOS vs WAS), 38 points.
The lead · BOS @ PHI

Boston climbs out of a 9-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 9 at the half, the Celtics won the third quarter 37–22 and the game 114–103. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-5-9+6+11BOS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS23253729114
PHI28292224103
Who led
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 16, 20, 8, 13, 14, 11, 4, 21BOS21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 20, 21, 26, 28, 11, 16, 21, 20BOS20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 8, 24, 19, 18, 22, 20, 21, 22PHI22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 10, 8, 17, 6, 21, 26, 19, 16PHI16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAC @ SAC

Clippers lead Sacramento wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 121–115. Best quarter: the second, 43–39. Lou Williams led Clippers with 30 points, 0 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over SAC6BOS over PHI11LAL over SAS12TOR over CLE34Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over SAC.
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
22.9Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg25.2Last 3

25.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Lou Williams 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.
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 23, 40, 33, 26, 23, 34, 50, 30LAC @ SAC · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 18, 12, 14, 7, 22, 20, 15, 26LAL vs SAS · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 34, 20, 16, 29, 24, 19, 33, 10, 26CLE @ TOR · L
27.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 15, 6, 0, 8, 9, 0, 14, 25LAC @ SAC · W
7.7 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 8, 24, 19, 18, 22, 20, 21, 22PHI vs BOS · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 2, 6, 11, 13, 10, 5, 8, 22TOR vs CLE · W
6.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 4 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
Lou WilliamsLAC+8.5 31.6 last 10 · 23.1 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
Devin BookerPHX+4.2 29.1 last 10 · 24.9 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−3.4 10.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−3.0 13.7 last 10 · 16.7 season