FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 12, 2019Regular season · 8 games
← Jan 11CalendarJan 13 →

8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed BOS by 10 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
DET109
LAC104
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +5
Final
MEM108
MIA112
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +4
Final
BOS103
ORL105
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +2
Final
NOP106
MIN110
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +4
Final
SAS112
OKC122
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -9; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +10
Final
DEN93
PHX102
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +9
Final
CHA97
SAC104
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +7
Final
CHI102
UTA110
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +8
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 12, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs POR), 36 points.
The lead · BOS @ ORL

Orlando rallies from 10 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 10 at the half, Orlando outscored the Celtics 64–52 the rest of the way. Final: 105–103. Aaron Gordon led Orlando with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final00-10-5+2ORL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS19322626103
ORL19223133105
Who led
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 22, 14, 18, 10, 17, 10, 18, 28ORL28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 9, 10, 15, 13, 8, 20, 13, 25ORL25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 40, 23, 26, 16, 17, 12, 22, 25BOS25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 19, 22, 18, 12, 12, 22, 17, 17BOS17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: OKC by 10.

ORL over BOS2MIA over MEM4MIN over NOP4DET over LAC5SAC over CHA7UTA over CHI8PHX over DEN9OKC over SAS10Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 44

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 18, 15, 29, 26, 34, 34, 16, 44DET @ LAC · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Danny Granger IND, Mar 26, 2010: 44 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
44 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 15, 19, 18, 26, 26, 33, 33, 34UTA vs CHI · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 47, 24, 11, 20, 29, 13, 18, 31CHA @ SAC · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 32, 48, 22, 34, 20, 36, 38, 30NOP @ MIN · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 22, 14, 18, 10, 17, 10, 18, 28ORL vs BOS · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 34, 28, 28, 29, 28, 20, 30, 27MIN vs NOP · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 27 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
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.7 27.3 last 10 · 20.6 season
James HardenHOU+6.7 40.8 last 10 · 34.1 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+6.4 14.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+5.3 15.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.1 27.5 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−4.4 21.4 last 10 · 25.8 season
Justin HolidayMEM−4.2 6.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.7 16.1 last 10 · 19.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−3.6 18.5 last 10 · 22.1 season
Allonzo TrierNYK−3.4 6.5 last 10 · 9.9 season