FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 24, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 6 at halftime and won 98–95.

Final
NOP101
CHA96
Q1 NOP +11; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +5
Final · OT
UTA98
DET95
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
PHX101
IND116
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +34; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHI101
PHI115
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +14
Final
TOR108
ATL93
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +15
Final
HOU104
DAL97
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAS108
MEM85
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +23
Final
MIN114
POR123
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +9
Final
BOS113
LAC102
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +11
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 24, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Andrew Wiggins (MIN @ PHX), 31 points.
The lead · UTA @ DET

Utah needs overtime to survive Detroit

Tied 89–89 after regulation. Utah won the final period 9–6 for a 98–95 win. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00-6+10+3UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA24192224998
DET24251525695
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 16, 35, 23, 34, 17, 23, 13, 15UTA15 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 6, 20, 6, 0, 23, 16, 6, 15UTA15 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 16, 22, 21, 3, 25, 14, 7, 30DET30 PTS · 24 REB · 4 AST
Ish SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 16, 8, 12, 19, 3, 15, 11, 14DET14 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg4.4Last 3

4.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 37 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · MIN @ POR

Portland handles Minnesota by 9

The Trail Blazers won the third quarter 43–30. Final: 123–114. Damian Lillard led Portland with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over DET3NOP over CHA5HOU over DAL7POR over MIN9BOS over LAC11PHI over CHI14IND over PHX15TOR over ATL15SAS over MEM23Final margin, points. Pink = POR over MIN.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 31

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 29, 23, 21, 31, 26, 31, 25, 31POR vs MIN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 16, 22, 21, 3, 25, 14, 7, 30DET vs UTA · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 24 REB · 4 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 14, 16, 4, 17, 10, 23, 14, 29DAL vs HOU · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 24, 23, 18, 27, 16, 26, 12, 28POR vs MIN · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 51, 51, 29, 34, 20, 40, 10, 22, 28, 25HOU @ DAL · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 19, 16, 17, 9, 16, 29, 40, 24MIN @ POR · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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+5.0 28.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+4.4 17.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Chris PaulHOU+4.1 22.9 last 10 · 18.8 season
Draymond GreenGSW+4.0 15.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wayne EllingtonMIA+3.8 15.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−6.3 12.1 last 10 · 18.4 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−4.7 8.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Jonathon SimmonsORL−3.7 10.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.5 23.3 last 10 · 26.8 season