FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 9, 2019Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed ORL by 17 at halftime and won 106–93.

Final
IND108
BOS135
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +27
Final
PHI106
WAS123
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +17
Final
ATL100
BKN116
Q1 BKN -15; Q2 BKN -6; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +16
Final
MIL116
HOU109
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +7
Final
SAS86
MEM96
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +10
Final
CLE124
NOP140
Q1 NOP -13; Q2 NOP -4; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +16
Final
PHX94
DAL104
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +10
Final
ORL93
UTA106
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 UTA -17; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +13
Final
CHI112
POR124
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +12
Final
DET100
LAL113
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +13
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 9, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR @ OKC), 27 points.
The lead · ORL @ UTA

Donovan Mitchell drops 33 in 17-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 17 at the half. Final: 106–93.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-17+3+13UTA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3231121893
UTA19273228106
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 3, 20, 19, 23, 15, 19, 18, 26, 26, 33UTA33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Joe InglesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 15, 9, 6, 2, 12, 16, 2, 16UTA16 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 27, 17, 26, 10, 8, 12, 6, 23ORL23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 30, 22, 12, 22, 22, 16, 18, 20ORL20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg17.8Last 3

17.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg30.6Today

31 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Indiana by 27, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIL over HOU7MEM over SAS10DAL over PHX10POR over CHI12UTA over ORL13LAL over DET13BKN over ATL16NOP over CLE16WAS over PHI17BOS over IND27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 41, 45, 41, 43, 44, 38, 32, 42HOU vs MIL · L
33.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 20, 2019: 42 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 11, 19, 33, 24, 18, 4, 13, 41LAL vs DET · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steven Smith ATL, Jan 30, 1997: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Career high41 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 26, 32, 48, 22, 34, 20, 36, 38NOP vs CLE · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 27, 34, 23, 28, 42, 25, 20, 35PHI @ WAS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 7, 21, 34, 19, 24, 33, 25, 28, 34WAS vs PHI · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 3, 20, 19, 23, 15, 19, 18, 26, 26, 33UTA vs ORL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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+6.1 40.0 last 10 · 33.9 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+5.6 32.4 last 10 · 26.8 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+5.0 13.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.4 23.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+4.4 13.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Damyean DotsonNYK−4.3 5.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Justin HolidayMEM−4.1 6.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.9 16.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Allonzo TrierNYK−3.9 6.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Dennis SchroderOKC−3.8 11.4 last 10 · 15.2 season