FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 2, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by DET (vs MEM) and OKC (vs LAL).

Final
DAL122
CHA84
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +29; Q4 DAL +38
Final
MIA117
CLE92
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +25
Final
ATL98
WAS114
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +16
Final
NOP121
BKN126
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +15; Q3 BKN +18; Q4 BKN +5
Final
MIN102
BOS115
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +13
Final
ORL112
CHI84
Q1 ORL +16; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +28; Q4 ORL +28
Final
DET101
MEM94
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +7
Final
PHI132
PHX127
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +23; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +5
Final
OKC107
LAL100
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +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 · 2017–18Jan 2, 2018: 5 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs ATL), 34 points.
The lead · DET @ MEM

Memphis's skid reaches three

Detroit won 101–94; the Grizzlies fall to 18–19. Blake Griffin led Detroit with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET 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+2-4+5+7DET AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET26252129101
MEM2431122794
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 34, 23, 15, 23, 18, 15, 29, 26DET26 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 24, 12, 16, 19, 8, 11, 19, 16DET16 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 9, 3, 16, 12, 27, 11, 15, 4, 26MEM26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kyle AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 14, 15, 10, 2, 15, 10, 20, 15MEM15 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Dallas posts the night's biggest win

Dallas beat Charlotte by 38, the widest margin of 9 games.

BKN over NOP5PHI over PHX5DET over MEM7OKC over LAL7BOS over MIN13WAS over ATL16MIA over CLE25ORL over CHI28DAL over CHA38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
5.1Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 25 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 42

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 24, 13, 24, 27, 34, 23, 28, 42PHI @ PHX · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, May 14, 2001: 42 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Ties season high42 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 38, 25, 33, 25, 35, 25, 27, 20, 37PHX vs PHI · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 24, 43, 43, 31, 28, 36, 22, 37OKC @ LAL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 10, 11, 8, 5, 9, 14, 0, 35BOS vs MIN · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 41, 44, 27, 27, 30, 26, 32, 48, 22, 34NOP @ BKN · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 26 REB · 4 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 16, 15, 30, 14, 16, 13, 20, 31MIN @ BOS · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.2 32.9 last 10 · 26.7 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.7 17.9 last 10 · 12.2 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
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.7 16.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Dennis SchroderOKC−3.4 12.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Damyean DotsonNYK−3.4 6.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−3.4 19.5 last 10 · 22.9 season