FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 6, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed ORL by 10 after the first quarter and won 106–96.

Final
BKN117
CHI100
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +17
Final
ORL96
LAC106
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +10
Final
LAL86
MIN108
Q1 MIN +16; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +22
Final
MIA82
ATL106
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +24
Final
WAS116
OKC98
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +18
Final
IND105
TOR121
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +16
Final
CHA119
PHX113
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +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 6, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ LAC), 45 points.
The lead · ORL @ LAC

Clippers climb out of a 10-point hole against Orlando

Down 10 after one, the Clippers won the fourth quarter 36–29 and the game 106–96. Tobias Harris led Clippers with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-2+3+10LAC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2819202996
LAC18272536106
Who led
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 39, 16, 21, 32, 17, 9, 16, 21, 16, 28LAC28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 6, 25, 24, 36, 16, 22, 21, 17LAC17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 14, 11, 9, 22, 14, 18, 10, 17ORL17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 8, 22, 30, 22, 12, 22, 22, 16ORL16 PTS · 24 REB · 8 AST
Second story · CHA @ PHX

Charlotte beats Phoenix, 119–113

Charlotte led 85–81 after three and won by 6. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over PHX6LAC over ORL10TOR over IND16BKN over CHI17WAS over OKC18MIN over LAL22ATL over MIA24Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over PHX.
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
10.1Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 29

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.
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 21, 35, 29, 47, 24, 11, 20, 29CHA @ PHX · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 18, 20, 31, 34, 28, 28, 29, 28MIN vs LAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 39, 16, 21, 32, 17, 9, 16, 21, 16, 28LAC vs ORL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 13, 3, 18, 16, 33, 22, 23, 28BKN @ CHI · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 30, 14, 16, 13, 20, 31, 16, 28MIN vs LAL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 19, 23, 28, 24, 13, 16, 31, 27CHI vs BKN · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 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+7.1 40.8 last 10 · 33.7 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+5.3 32.1 last 10 · 26.8 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.2 17.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.1 19.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.5 23.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Cold
Klay ThompsonGSW−4.4 16.7 last 10 · 21.1 season
Justin HolidayMEM−3.7 7.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Allonzo TrierNYK−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Rodney McGruderMIA−3.6 6.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Chris PaulHOU−3.3 12.3 last 10 · 15.6 season