FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 11, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed POR by 7 after the first quarter and won 115–96.

Final
TOR123
CHA103
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +20
Final
DET115
ATL118
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +3
Final
CLE121
BOS99
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +22
Final
NYK113
IND121
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +8
Final
DAL97
HOU104
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAC106
MIN111
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +5
Final
MEM92
OKC110
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +18
Final
UTA115
POR96
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +19
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 11, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs GSW), 47 points.
The lead · UTA @ POR

Utah makes it nine straight

Utah beat Portland 115–96 and moved to 28–28. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Damian Lillard scored 39 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-1+18+19UTA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA19243834115
POR2618193396
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 15, 26, 20, 40, 2, 9, 25, 27UTA27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Joe InglesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 11, 20, 16, 10, 18, 7, 23, 24UTA24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 28, 13, 32, 21, 20, 18, 50, 39POR39 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 16, 50, 21, 22, 14, 22, 11, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAC @ MIN

Minnesota handles Sacramento by 5

The Timberwolves won the fourth quarter 36–26. Final: 111–106. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over DET3MIN over SAC5HOU over DAL7IND over NYK8OKC over MEM18UTA over POR19TOR over CHA20CLE over BOS22Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 55 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 28, 13, 32, 21, 20, 18, 50, 39POR vs UTA · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 31, 28, 43, 15, 26, 38, 29, 33OKC vs MEM · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 25, 24, 25, 13, 35, 19, 35, 30IND vs NYK · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 16, 15, 11, 24, 22, 30, 14, 29MIN vs SAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 27, 60, 28, 16, 36, 41, 28, 27HOU vs DAL · W
31.3 PPG season to date · −4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 15, 26, 20, 40, 2, 9, 25, 27UTA @ POR · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+6.3 28.7 last 10 · 22.4 season
Josh JacksonPHX+6.2 17.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+5.2 28.1 last 10 · 22.9 season
Terry RozierBOS+5.1 15.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Julius RandleLAL+5.0 19.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.3 11.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN−5.0 10.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Eric GordonHOU−4.6 14.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.5 19.4 last 10 · 23.9 season