FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 20, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHA by 10 after three quarters and won 106–105.

Final
OKC148
CLE124
Q1 OKC +19; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +24
Final
CHI113
ATL97
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +17; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +16
Final
MIA106
CHA105
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA -10; Q4 MIA +1
Final
MEM104
NOP111
Q1 NOP +16; Q2 NOP +15; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +7
Final
MIL94
PHI116
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +22
Final
GSW108
HOU116
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +8
Final
TOR109
MIN115
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +6
Final
LAC113
UTA125
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +12
Final
DAL108
POR117
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +9
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 20, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: Kemba Walker (CHA vs TOR), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHA

Miami fights back late to top Charlotte

Charlotte led 83–73 after three. Miami won the fourth 33–22 and the game 106–105. Wayne Ellington led Miami with 26 points, 0 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+9-10+1MIA AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA31261633106
CHA27213522105
Who led
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 9, 15, 15, 7, 20, 11, 10, 26MIA26 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 4, 13, 4, 4, 8, 9, 8, 22MIA22 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 21, 4, 4, 11, 12, 14, 11, 26CHA26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 12, 19, 41, 22, 19, 20, 19, 22CHA22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: OKC by 24.

MIA over CHA1MIN over TOR6NOP over MEM7HOU over GSW8POR over DAL9UTA over LAC12CHI over ATL16PHI over MIL22OKC over CLE24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg19.9Last 3

19.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kyle Lowry leads the day with 40

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.
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 26, 16, 15, 18, 13, 18, 24, 40TOR @ MIN · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 31, 19, 22, 13, 17, 18, 13, 36OKC @ CLE · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 28, 8, 28, 16, 24, 37, 25, 19, 19, 33HOU vs GSW · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 25, 14, 29, 23, 21, 31, 26, 31POR vs DAL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 23, 34, 50, 30, 26, 31, 17, 31LAC @ UTA · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Wayne SeldenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 13, 4, 2, 0, 13, 3, 4, 31MEM @ NOP · L
7.9 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 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+6.7 30.1 last 10 · 23.4 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+5.0 24.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Chris PaulHOU+4.5 23.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
Bogdan BogdanovicSAC+3.8 15.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Wayne EllingtonMIA+3.7 14.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−5.5 13.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Jonathon SimmonsORL−5.0 8.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−4.8 11.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−4.4 8.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season