FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 27, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed ORL by 17 at halftime and won 114–112.

Final
OKC121
DET108
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +13
Final
ORL112
IND114
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -17; Q3 IND -8; Q4 IND +2
Final
WAS129
ATL104
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +25
Final
CHA91
MIA95
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA +4
Final
BOS105
GSW109
Q1 GSW -10; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +4
Final
DAL89
DEN91
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +2
Final
BKN97
MIN111
Q1 MIN +19; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +14
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 27, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ PHI), 51 points.
The lead · ORL @ IND

Indiana erases 17-point lead, steals one from Orlando

Orlando led 70–53 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 61–42 to take it 114–112. Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-17-8+2IND AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL32382220112
IND22313130114
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 17, 28, 23, 25, 19, 21, 25, 24IND24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 9, 4, 0, 3, 9, 7, 11, 21IND21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 19, 11, 14, 14, 17, 11, 16, 22ORL22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 12, 21, 10, 32, 17, 19, 22, 21ORL21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 25.

IND over ORL2DEN over DAL2MIA over CHA4GSW over BOS4OKC over DET13MIN over BKN14WAS over ATL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.5Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg18.5Last 3

18.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg32.5Today

33 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 49

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 45, 32, 24, 23, 30, 19, 32, 25, 49GSW vs BOS · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Nov 21, 1997: 49 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Season high49 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 16, 21, 20, 27, 40, 33, 20, 37BOS @ GSW · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 38, 25, 19, 19, 23, 32, 46, 31OKC @ DET · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Jan 18, 2023: 31 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
31 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 41, 22, 19, 20, 19, 22, 26, 20, 29, 30CHA @ MIA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 13, 17, 18, 13, 36, 28, 18, 26OKC @ DET · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 17, 28, 23, 25, 19, 21, 25, 24IND vs ORL · W
24.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Wayne EllingtonMIA+3.9 15.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Bogdan BogdanovicSAC+3.8 15.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+3.7 22.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.0 11.2 last 10 · 18.2 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Jonathon SimmonsORL−4.1 9.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−3.6 10.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
Zach RandolphSAC−3.5 10.8 last 10 · 14.3 season