FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 3, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed GSW by 6 after three quarters and won 115–108.

Final
CHI103
LAC113
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +10
Final
MIA107
DET111
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +4
Final
PHI92
IND100
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +8
Final
WAS115
ORL98
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +17
Final
HOU120
CLE88
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +26; Q3 HOU +28; Q4 HOU +32
Final
GSW108
DEN115
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -6; Q4 DEN +7
Final
NOP107
MIN118
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +11
Final
UTA120
SAS111
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +9
Final
DAL106
SAC99
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +7
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 3, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs CHI), 42 points.
The lead · GSW @ DEN

Denver knocks off Golden State, 115–108

The Warriors came in at 41–11; the Nuggets at 27–25. Will Barton led Denver with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-3-1-6+7DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW32242725108
DEN29262238115
Who led
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 8, 7, 10, 11, 19, 13, 15, 25DEN25 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 14, 16, 18, 11, 24, 13, 29, 19DEN19 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 19, 26, 14, 28, 20, 17, 33, 31GSW31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 30, 19, 32, 25, 49, 14, 23, 24GSW24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DAL @ SAC

Dallas gets past Sacramento

106–99, with Dallas ahead 56–54 at halftime. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DET over MIA4DEN over GSW7DAL over SAC7IND over PHI8UTA over SAS9LAC over CHI10MIN over NOP11WAS over ORL17HOU over CLE32Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg11.8Last 3

11.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 13 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg32.4Today

32 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 38

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 45, 8, 21, 34, 19, 27, 25, 23, 43, 38NOP @ MIN · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 17, 12, 2, 11, 14, 23, 14, 34UTA @ SAS · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 15, 17, 23, 5, 13, 18, 10, 33MIA @ DET · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 19, 26, 14, 28, 20, 17, 33, 31GSW @ DEN · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 17, 10, 30, 18, 15, 30, 16, 31SAS vs UTA · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 24, 28, 23, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30MIN vs NOP · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 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
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.9 24.6 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+4.9 13.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Josh JacksonPHX+4.7 15.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Nicolas BatumCHA+4.4 16.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Anthony TolliverDET+4.1 11.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kyle KorverCLE−4.0 5.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−3.7 12.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Doug McDermottNYK−3.7 3.6 last 10 · 7.3 season