FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 7, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIN by 2 at halftime and won 140–138.

Final
BKN106
DET115
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +9
Final
HOU109
MIA101
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +8
Final · OT
MIN138
CLE140
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +2
Final
UTA92
MEM88
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +4
Final
SAS129
PHX81
Q1 SAS +19; Q2 SAS +38; Q3 SAS +47; Q4 SAS +48
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 7, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR @ DAL), 32 points.
The lead · MIN @ CLE

LeBron James posts 37-10-15 as Cleveland tops Minnesota

A triple-double in a 140–138 win. Jimmy Butler scored 35 for Minnesota in the loss.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-2+20+2CLE AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN293733309138
CLE3133372811140
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 28, 26, 25, 21, 24, 11, 25, 37CLE37 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 0, 23, 15, 4, 6, 12, 12, 20CLE20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 28, 23, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35MIN35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 16, 31, 16, 15, 11, 24, 22, 30MIN30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ MEM

Utah leads Memphis wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 92–88. Best quarter: the third, 24–24. Ricky Rubio led Utah with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over MIN2UTA over MEM4HOU over MIA8DET over BKN9SAS over PHX48Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 52 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg12.1Last 3

12.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 45 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg32.2Today

32 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 41

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: 22, 28, 25, 23, 27, 60, 28, 16, 36, 41HOU @ MIA · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 24, 2006: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 28, 26, 25, 21, 24, 11, 25, 37CLE vs MIN · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 17, 2004: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
37 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 28, 23, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35MIN @ CLE · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 13, 8, 12, 14, 8, 11, 6, 34BKN @ DET · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 16, 31, 16, 15, 11, 24, 22, 30MIN @ CLE · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 23, 5, 13, 18, 10, 33, 13, 30MIA vs HOU · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.9 28.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Nicolas BatumCHA+5.3 17.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Ricky RubioUTA+5.2 17.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.0 15.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+4.2 12.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN−6.7 8.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−4.3 11.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Doug McDermottNYK−4.1 3.1 last 10 · 7.2 season