FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 4, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed POR by 16 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final
MIL109
BKN94
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +21; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +15
Final
POR96
BOS97
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -16; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +1
Final
ATL99
NYK96
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +3
Final
MEM86
TOR101
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +15
Final
LAL108
OKC104
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +4
Final
CHA115
PHX110
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA -11; Q3 CHA -8; Q4 CHA +5
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 4, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ SAC), 35 points.
The lead · POR @ BOS

Boston erases 16-point lead, steals one from Portland

Portland led 54–38 at halftime. Boston won the second half 59–42 to take it 97–96. Al Horford led Boston with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-7-16-4+1BOS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2628192396
BOS1919312897
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 14, 9, 13, 15, 10, 14, 17, 22BOS22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 9, 4, 18, 4, 20, 15, 27, 17BOS17 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 26, 12, 28, 20, 16, 50, 21, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 31, 25, 31, 29, 28, 13, 32, 21POR21 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 44 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
33.92016–17 avg16.1Last 2

16.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.9 in 2016–17 (51 games). Today: 11 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 15.

BOS over POR1ATL over NYK3LAL over OKC4CHA over PHX5MIL over BKN15TOR over MEM15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 36

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 32, 46, 31, 37, 13, 20, 16, 36OKC vs LAL · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 11, 14, 19, 14, 8, 2, 7, 28MIL @ BKN · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 13, 36, 28, 18, 26, 31, 28, 43, 15, 26OKC vs LAL · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 6, 20, 18, 2, 20, 21, 20, 23PHX vs CHA · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 14, 9, 13, 15, 10, 14, 17, 22BOS vs POR · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 14, 7, 19, 9, 22, 10, 31, 22CHA @ PHX · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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
Nicolas BatumCHA+5.0 17.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.9 24.6 last 10 · 19.7 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+4.7 26.4 last 10 · 21.7 season
Josh JacksonPHX+4.6 15.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+4.1 13.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Doug McDermottNYK−4.3 2.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN−4.2 11.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−4.1 11.6 last 10 · 15.7 season