FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 13, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed HOU by 8 after the first quarter and won 116–109.

Final
PHI108
NYK105
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +3
Final · 2OT
TOR140
WAS138
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR 0; OT2 TOR +2
Final
MIL133
ATL114
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +19
Final
HOU109
ORL116
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +7
Final
GSW119
DAL114
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +5
Final
POR113
DEN116
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +3
Final
CLE101
LAL95
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +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 13, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR vs GSW), 42 points.
The lead · HOU @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of an 8-point hole against Houston

Down 8 after one, the Magic won the second quarter 34–33 and the game 116–109. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. James Harden scored 38 for Houston in the loss.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-7-2+7ORL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU26332921109
ORL18343430116
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 12, 22, 22, 16, 18, 20, 16, 22ORL22 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 14, 18, 10, 17, 10, 18, 28, 22ORL22 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 41, 45, 41, 43, 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38HOU38 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Austin RiversPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 10, 12, 18, 21, 4, 13, 12, 25HOU25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ DAL

Golden State keeps rolling, beats Dallas

That is four in a row. Final: 119–114. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 48 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · GSW
Wvs LAC129–127Lvs LAL101–127Lvs POR109–110W@ POR115–105W@ PHX132–109Lvs HOU134–135W@ SAC127–123Wvs NYK122–95Wvs CHI146–109W@ DAL119–114GSW: last 10 games through Jan 13, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.4Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 55 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 48

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 42, 15, 29, 25, 34, 35, 42, 14, 28, 48GSW @ DAL · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Edwards MIN, Nov 10, 2021: 48 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
48 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 19, 24, 33, 25, 28, 34, 32, 43WAS vs TOR · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 3, 2019: 44 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Season high43 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 21, 27, 45, 21, 30, 31, 20, 41TOR @ WAS · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter NJN, Feb 5, 2005: 41 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 19, 26, 39, 24, 29, 18, 23, 40DEN vs POR · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Mar 12, 2000: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 41, 45, 41, 43, 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38HOU @ ORL · L
34.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 31, 31, 15, 16, 43, 30, 27, 33MIL @ ATL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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+6.5 40.7 last 10 · 34.2 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.5 26.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+6.4 14.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.1 27.5 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Justin HolidayMEM−4.2 6.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−3.9 9.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Damyean DotsonNYK−3.9 5.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Damian LillardPOR−3.8 22.0 last 10 · 25.8 season