FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 25, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIA by 1 after three quarters and won 89–88.

Final
SAC89
MIA88
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +1
Final
WAS112
OKC121
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +9
Final
NYK118
DEN130
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +12
Final
MIN113
GSW126
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +13
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 25, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Marc Gasol (MEM vs TOR), 42 points.
The lead · SAC @ MIA

Sacramento takes over late to edge Miami

Down 1 after three, Sacramento won the fourth 18–16. Final: 89–88. Buddy Hield led Sacramento with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+20-1+1SAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC1928241889
MIA1730251688
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 14, 10, 16, 9, 13, 18, 13, 24SAC24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 8, 17, 12, 6, 16, 16, 7, 14SAC14 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 16, 24, 20, 25, 22, 15, 17, 23MIA23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 15, 7, 20, 11, 10, 26, 13, 20MIA20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ OKC

OKC leads Washington wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 121–112. Best quarter: the fourth, 39–38. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 46 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over MIA1OKC over WAS9DEN over NYK12GSW over MIN13Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 50 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg36.8Today

37 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 46

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 22, 38, 25, 19, 19, 23, 32, 46OKC vs WAS · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter TOR, Dec 30, 2000: 46 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Season high46 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 23, 30, 24, 19, 26, 26, 18, 41WAS @ OKC · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, May 20, 2000: 41 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
41 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 23, 20, 15, 22, 22, 11, 16, 31MIN @ GSW · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 40, 26, 25, 32, 19, 26, 14, 28GSW vs MIN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Baron Davis CHH, Jan 3, 2002: 28 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
28 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 45, 32, 24, 23, 30, 19, 32, 25GSW vs MIN · W
27.5 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 19, 12, 26, 17, 38, 8, 9, 25GSW vs MIN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Bogdan BogdanovicSAC+3.8 15.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Marquese ChrissPHX+3.4 10.6 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−6.3 12.1 last 10 · 18.4 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−4.5 9.0 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
Zach RandolphSAC−3.5 10.8 last 10 · 14.3 season