FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 22, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed PHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 105–101.

Final
SAC107
CHA112
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +5
Final
UTA90
ATL104
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +14
Final
MIA90
HOU99
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +9
Final
PHI101
MEM105
Q1 MEM -11; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM -9; Q4 MEM +4
Final
PHX105
MIL109
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +4
Final · 2OT
CHI128
NOP132
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP 0; OT2 NOP +4
Final
WAS75
DAL98
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +23
Final
POR101
DEN104
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +3
Final
MIN126
LAC118
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +8
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 22, 2017: 4 games. Top scorer: Eric Bledsoe (PHX @ TOR), 40 points.
The lead · PHI @ MEM

Memphis fights back from 11 down against Philadelphia

Final: 105–101, after trailing by 11 after one. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 0 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-6-9+4MEM AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI30252818101
MEM19302531105
Who led
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 27, 7, 11, 17, 21, 22, 17, 6, 16, 19MEM19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 26, 28, 12, 15, 23, 14, 12, 18MEM18 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dario SaricPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 27, 15, 11, 14, 11, 16, 13, 22PHI22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Timothe Luwawu-CabarrotPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 2, 3, 13, 6, 0, 0, 16, 20PHI20 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Washington by 23.

DEN over POR3MEM over PHI4MIL over PHX4NOP over CHI4CHA over SAC5MIN over LAC8HOU over MIA9ATL over UTA14DAL over WAS23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 46 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg47.2Today

47 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 44

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 20, 29, 24, 15, 19, 19, 24, 44NOP vs CHI · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Dec 28, 2022: 45 PTS · 22 REB · 7 AST
Season high44 PTS · 23 REB · 10 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 25, 19, 16, 17, 9, 16, 29, 40MIN @ LAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 19, 2003: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 18, 21, 13, 11, 2, 7, 30, 38DEN vs POR · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 19, 22, 8, 16, 19, 25, 23, 35MIL vs PHX · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 16, 30, 36, 48, 45, 8, 21, 34NOP vs CHI · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 24, 5, 18, 11, 29, 20, 25, 32LAC vs MIN · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook HOU, Jan 20, 2020: 32 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
32 PTS · 11 REB · 12 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+5.5 28.8 last 10 · 23.3 season
Bogdan BogdanovicSAC+4.0 15.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Wayne EllingtonMIA+3.8 15.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dario SaricPHI+3.6 17.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+3.5 22.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−5.5 13.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−4.7 8.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jonathon SimmonsORL−4.4 9.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−3.8 12.6 last 10 · 16.4 season