FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 14, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 6 at halftime and won 100–94.

Final
BOS102
BKN109
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +24; Q4 BKN +7
Final
MEM94
HOU112
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +18
Final
CHA108
SAS93
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +15
Final
DET94
UTA100
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +6
Final
POR107
SAC115
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +8
Final
NOP121
LAC117
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +4
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 14, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP @ NYK), 48 points.
The lead · DET @ UTA

Utah beats Detroit, 100–94

Utah led 75–74 after three and won by 6. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-6+1+6UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET3128152094
UTA27262225100
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 19, 18, 26, 26, 33, 33, 34, 28UTA28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 3, 10, 8, 9, 11, 9, 16, 19UTA19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 15, 29, 26, 34, 34, 16, 44, 19DET19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 15, 11, 15, 19, 6, 12, 20, 15DET15 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.3Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg25.8Today

26 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MEM @ HOU

Houston handles Memphis by 18

The Rockets won the third quarter 33–22. Final: 112–94. James Harden led Houston with 57 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over LAC4UTA over DET6BKN over BOS7SAC over POR8CHA over SAS15HOU over MEM18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over MEM.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 57

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: 45, 41, 43, 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57HOU vs MEM · W
34.8 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Apr 7, 1998: 56 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Season high57 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 48, 22, 34, 20, 36, 38, 30, 46NOP @ LAC · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Jan 23, 2009: 46 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
46 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 15, 25, 23, 17, 17, 16, 20, 26, 35POR @ SAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 33, 22, 23, 28, 5, 23, 24, 34BKN vs BOS · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 12, 8, 18, 16, 20, 17, 16, 34BOS @ BKN · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 47, 24, 11, 20, 29, 13, 18, 31, 33CHA @ SAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+7.5 42.3 last 10 · 34.8 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+7.3 16.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.6 27.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.5 26.2 last 10 · 19.7 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
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.0 16.9 last 10 · 21.9 season
Justin HolidayMEM−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−3.9 9.4 last 10 · 13.3 season