FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 1, 2019Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NYK by 4 after the first quarter and won 115–108.

Final
UTA116
TOR122
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +6
Final
DET98
MIL121
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +23
Final
NYK108
DEN115
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +7
Final · OT
POR113
SAC108
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +5
Final
PHI119
LAC113
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +18; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +6
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 · 2017–18Jan 1, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR vs MIL), 52 points.
The lead · NYK @ DEN

Denver makes it three straight

Denver beat New York 115–108 and moved to 24–11. Malik Beasley led Denver with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 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 Q3Final0-4-1-2+7DEN AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK32242824108
DEN28272733115
Who led
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 0, 6, 12, 11, 22, 21, 15, 23DEN23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 24, 26, 32, 19, 4, 21, 23, 19DEN19 PTS · 14 REB · 15 AST
Luke KornetPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 5, 6, 3, 7, 9, 23, 14, 19NYK19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 15, 17, 21, 24, 21, 12, 12, 18NYK18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ TOR

Toronto tops Utah in Toronto

Final: 122–116. Kawhi Leonard led Toronto with 45 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
POR over SAC5TOR over UTA6PHI over LAC6DEN over NYK7MIL over DET23Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 45

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 28, 29, 28, 37, 30, 21, 27, 45TOR vs UTA · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Mar 22, 2001: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Career high45 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 9, 14, 18, 16, 8, 12, 4, 30UTA @ TOR · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 19, 34, 23, 15, 23, 18, 15, 29DET @ MIL · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 40, 24, 13, 24, 27, 34, 23, 28PHI @ LAC · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 10, 17, 15, 26, 10, 4, 20, 28TOR vs UTA · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 21, 37, 28, 28, 11, 6, 21, 27SAC vs POR · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
James HardenHOU+7.5 40.8 last 10 · 33.3 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.7 17.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+5.3 31.7 last 10 · 26.4 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.2 19.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+4.7 24.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Cold
Klay ThompsonGSW−4.8 16.2 last 10 · 21.0 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−4.3 8.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.2 19.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.7 16.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season