FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 1, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed TOR by 7 after the first quarter and won 122–119.

Final
MEM102
DET104
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +2
Final
TOR119
WAS122
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MIL89
MIN108
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +21; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +19
Final
HOU102
SAS91
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +11
Final
OKC124
DEN127
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +3
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 · 2016–17Feb 1, 2017: 12 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (BOS vs TOR), 44 points.
The lead · TOR @ WAS

Washington holds off Toronto, 122–119

Washington led 88–87 after three and held on to win by three. Bradley Beal led Washington with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-7+1+3WAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR34282532119
WAS27283334122
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 19, 26, 26, 18, 41, 18, 21, 27WAS27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 12, 8, 6, 16, 4, 11, 18, 25, 16WAS16 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 18, 24, 40, 9, 5, 14, 15, 29TOR29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 42, 24, 17, 21, 20, 14, 19, 19, 23, 23TOR23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · MEM @ DET

Detroit edges Memphis by two

Memphis won the fourth 26–22, but Detroit held on, 104–102. Blake Griffin led Detroit with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over MEM2WAS over TOR3DEN over OKC3HOU over SAS11MIN over MIL19Final margin, points. Pink = DET over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.3Season avg29.2Last 5

29.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.3 in 48 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg28.7Today

29 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 43

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 13, 36, 28, 18, 26, 31, 28, 43OKC @ DEN · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen MIL, Apr 12, 2001: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Season high43 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 2, 7, 30, 38, 18, 15, 14, 18, 33DEN vs OKC · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 18, 14, 16, 18, 11, 24, 13, 29DEN vs OKC · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden BKN, Feb 15, 2021: 29 PTS · 13 REB · 14 AST
29 PTS · 13 REB · 14 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 18, 24, 40, 9, 5, 14, 15, 29TOR @ WAS · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 40, 10, 22, 28, 25, 23, 27, 60, 28HOU @ SAS · W
31.5 PPG season to date · −3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 13, 24, 28, 23, 21, 24, 25, 28MIN vs MIL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 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
Dillon BrooksMEM+4.9 13.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Josh JacksonPHX+4.6 14.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+4.0 25.8 last 10 · 21.8 season
Anthony TolliverDET+3.9 11.6 last 10 · 7.7 season
Chris PaulHOU+3.5 22.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Taurean PrinceATL−4.6 7.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kyle KorverCLE−3.8 5.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.4 8.2 last 10 · 11.6 season