FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 26, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 107–93.

Final
ATL110
CHA121
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +11
Final
IND108
CLE115
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +7
Final
UTA97
TOR93
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +4
Final
LAL108
CHI103
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +5
Final
LAC109
MEM100
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +9
Final
BKN91
MIL116
Q1 MIL +18; Q2 MIL +23; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +25
Final
HOU113
NOP115
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +2
Final
POR107
DAL93
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +14
Final
PHI97
SAS78
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +19
Final
NYK107
PHX85
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +22
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 26, 2017: 4 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs DAL), 45 points.
The lead · POR @ DAL

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Dallas

Trailing by 8 after one, Portland outscored the Mavericks 90–68 the rest of the way. Final: 107–93. Damian Lillard led Portland with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-8+8+7+14POR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR17352332107
DAL2519242593
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 23, 21, 31, 26, 31, 25, 31, 29POR29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 23, 18, 27, 16, 26, 12, 28, 20POR20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 15, 25, 17, 17, 8, 20, 10, 21DAL21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dennis Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 11, 20, 15, 23, 25, 21, 17, 11, 18DAL18 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Brooklyn by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

NOP over HOU2UTA over TOR4LAL over CHI5CLE over IND7LAC over MEM9CHA over ATL11POR over DAL14PHI over SAS19NYK over PHX22MIL over BKN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg8.9Last 3

8.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 41

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 34, 17, 26, 23, 22, 27, 22, 41MIL vs BKN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal ORL, May 8, 1996: 41 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 50, 30, 26, 31, 17, 31, 20, 20, 40LAC @ MEM · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Sam Cassell MIL, Mar 3, 2001: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 37, 25, 19, 19, 33, 16, 12, 38HOU @ NOP · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 41, 22, 19, 20, 19, 22, 26, 20, 29CHA vs ATL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 23, 21, 31, 26, 31, 25, 31, 29POR @ DAL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 15, 12, 8, 17, 15, 0, 16, 28TOR vs UTA · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 14 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+6.3 29.9 last 10 · 23.6 season
Chris PaulHOU+4.4 23.9 last 10 · 19.5 season
Bogdan BogdanovicSAC+3.8 15.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+3.7 22.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
Josh JacksonPHX+3.6 13.7 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.0 11.2 last 10 · 18.2 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