FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 30, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed MIN by 8 after the first quarter and won 109–104.

Final
OKC96
WAS102
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +6
Final
BKN95
NYK111
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +16
Final
MIN104
TOR109
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +5
Final
CLE114
DET125
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +11
Final
ORL107
HOU114
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAC114
NOP103
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +11
Final
DEN104
SAS106
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +2
Final
GSW99
UTA129
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +30
Final
POR104
LAC96
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +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 30, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC @ PHI), 46 points.
The lead · MIN @ TOR

Toronto climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 8 after one. Toronto won it 109–104. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-6-2+5TOR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN27302324104
TOR19322731109
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 42, 24, 17, 21, 20, 14, 19, 19, 23TOR23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 17, 15, 0, 16, 28, 13, 18TOR18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 26, 13, 24, 28, 23, 21, 24, 25MIN25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 16, 29, 40, 24, 10, 21, 18, 15MIN15 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CLE @ DET

Detroit beats Cleveland, 125–114

Detroit led 89–84 after three and won by 11. Stanley Johnson led Detroit with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DEN2TOR over MIN5WAS over OKC6HOU over ORL7POR over LAC8DET over CLE11SAC over NOP11NYK over BKN16UTA over GSW30Final margin, points. Pink = DET over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 45 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 60

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 40, 10, 22, 28, 25, 23, 27, 60HOU vs ORL · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +29.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Apr 1, 2025: 61 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Career high60 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 25, 34, 17, 10, 30, 18, 15, 30SAS vs DEN · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 21, 31, 26, 31, 25, 31, 29, 28POR @ LAC · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 25, 26, 21, 18, 17, 21, 19, 28NYK vs BKN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 18, 13, 36, 28, 18, 26, 31, 28OKC @ WAS · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 26, 17, 38, 8, 9, 25, 7, 27GSW @ UTA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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
Chris PaulHOU+4.6 24.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Josh JacksonPHX+3.8 13.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Anthony TolliverDET+3.7 11.4 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+3.4 22.1 last 10 · 18.7 season
Wayne EllingtonMIA+3.4 14.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.8 22.9 last 10 · 26.7 season
Jonathon SimmonsORL−3.6 10.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
Doug McDermottNYK−3.5 4.0 last 10 · 7.5 season