FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 4, 2019Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHI by 12 after the first quarter and won 119–116.

Final
UTA117
CLE91
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +26
Final
DAL93
BOS114
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +21
Final · OT
IND119
CHI116
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final
BKN109
MEM100
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +9
Final
WAS109
MIA115
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +6
Final
ORL103
MIN120
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +17
Final
ATL112
MIL144
Q1 MIL +29; Q2 MIL +33; Q3 MIL +39; Q4 MIL +32
Final
LAC121
PHX111
Q1 LAC +19; Q2 LAC +24; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +10
Final
NYK119
LAL112
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK +7
Final
OKC111
POR109
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +2
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 4, 2018: 2 games. Top scorer: Paul George (OKC @ LAC), 31 points.
The lead · IND @ CHI

Victor Oladipo scores 36, Indiana rallies past Chicago

Indiana trailed by 12 after one and won 119–116.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12-4-30+3IND AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND1836213014119
CHI3028202711116
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 12, 20, 26, 12, 16, 7, 22, 36IND36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 17, 12, 17, 15, 19, 19, 20, 23IND23 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 11, 19, 23, 28, 24, 13, 16, 31CHI31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 8, 32, 31, 16, 14, 18, 14, 27CHI27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.9Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg42.5Today

42 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Milwaukee by 32.

OKC over POR2IND over CHI3MIA over WAS6NYK over LAL7BKN over MEM9LAC over PHX10MIN over ORL17BOS over DAL21UTA over CLE26MIL over ATL32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 37

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 43, 43, 31, 28, 36, 22, 37, 37OKC @ POR · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 12, 20, 26, 12, 16, 7, 22, 36IND @ CHI · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 28, 40, 7, 21, 34, 19, 24, 33WAS @ MIA · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 8, 23, 21, 40, 9, 32, 14, 31OKC @ POR · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 11, 19, 23, 28, 24, 13, 16, 31CHI vs IND · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 23, 23, 17, 15, 26, 19, 0, 31MEM vs BKN · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 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
James HardenHOU+6.6 40.2 last 10 · 33.6 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.4 33.4 last 10 · 27.0 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.2 17.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.1 19.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Anthony DavisNOP+4.4 33.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Cold
Klay ThompsonGSW−3.7 17.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Allonzo TrierNYK−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Dennis SchroderOKC−3.4 12.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Chris PaulHOU−3.3 12.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Zach LaVineCHI−3.2 20.3 last 10 · 23.5 season