FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 10, 2019Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BOS99
MIA115
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +16
Final
LAC100
DEN121
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +21
Final · 2OT
OKC147
SAS154
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS 0; OT2 SAS +7
Final
DET102
SAC112
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +10
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 10, 2018: 11 games. Top scorer: Lou Williams (LAC @ GSW), 50 points.
The lead · OKC @ SAS

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 56 as San Antonio beats OKC

San Antonio won 154–147. LaMarcus Aldridge: 56 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+10+7+1200+7SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
OKC23403037116147
SAS333735251113154
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 24, 38, 32, 23, 18, 25, 13, 56SAS56 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 10, 12, 22, 19, 19, 17, 12, 23SAS23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 43, 31, 28, 36, 22, 37, 37, 20, 27, 30OKC30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 12, 10, 16, 13, 8, 17, 7, 25OKC25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ SAC

Sacramento leads Detroit wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 112–102. Best quarter: the first, 34–21. Buddy Hield led Sacramento with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over OKC7SAC over DET10MIA over BOS16DEN over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
30.62017–18 avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 2017–18 (30 games). Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg41.0Today

41 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 56

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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 24, 38, 32, 23, 18, 25, 13, 56SAS vs OKC · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +36.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Apr 12, 2009: 55 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Career high56 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 43, 31, 28, 36, 22, 37, 37, 20, 27, 30OKC @ SAS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 12, 10, 16, 13, 8, 17, 7, 25OKC @ SAS · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 40, 9, 32, 14, 31, 22, 25, 24OKC @ SAS · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rod Strickland WAS, Feb 10, 1998: 21 PTS · 12 REB · 20 AST
24 PTS · 13 REB · 24 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 10, 12, 22, 19, 19, 17, 12, 23SAS vs OKC · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 31, 46, 8, 36, 8, 13, 18, 23DEN vs LAC · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 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
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.7 27.4 last 10 · 20.7 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+6.1 14.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
James HardenHOU+6.1 40.0 last 10 · 33.9 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+4.6 14.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+4.4 22.3 last 10 · 17.9 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−3.5 11.7 last 10 · 15.2 season