FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 16, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 15 after the first quarter and won 105–101.

Final · OT
ORL115
DET120
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final
TOR108
BOS117
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +9
Final · OT
BKN145
HOU142
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN -9; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +3
Final
MIL111
MEM101
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +10
Final
SAS105
DAL101
Q1 SAS -15; Q2 SAS -11; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +4
Final
CLE112
POR129
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +17
Final
NOP140
GSW147
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +7
Final
UTA129
LAC109
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +20
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 16, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP @ BOS), 45 points.
The lead · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio storms back from 15 down to beat Dallas

The Spurs trailed by 15 after one and won 105–101. Marco Belinelli led San Antonio with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-15-11-5+4SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS20253030105
DAL35212421101
Who led
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 8, 7, 9, 9, 14, 19, 24, 17SAS17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 21, 12, 26, 9, 16, 18, 14, 14SAS14 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 18, 19, 14, 27, 30, 29, 26, 25DAL25 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 11, 11, 18, 5, 14, 4, 8, 13DAL13 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
34.8Season avg47.6Last 5

47.6 points a game over his last five games, against 34.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 58 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg15.6Last 3

15.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

BKN over HOU3SAS over DAL4DET over ORL5GSW over NOP7BOS over TOR9MIL over MEM10POR over CLE17UTA over LAC20Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 58

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: 41, 43, 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57, 58HOU vs BKN · L
35.4 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Nov 3, 2017: 57 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Season high58 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 34, 35, 42, 14, 28, 48, 31, 41GSW vs NOP · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 23, 2003: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 3, 10, 18, 13, 7, 15, 16, 8, 8, 33BKN @ HOU · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 23, 17, 17, 16, 20, 26, 35, 33POR vs CLE · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 27, 45, 21, 30, 31, 20, 41, 33TOR @ BOS · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 48, 22, 34, 20, 36, 38, 30, 46, 30NOP @ GSW · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 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+8.2 43.6 last 10 · 35.4 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+7.0 15.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+5.3 25.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.2 14.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Justin HolidayMEM−5.9 4.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.1 3.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−4.9 16.8 last 10 · 21.7 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.9 12.0 last 10 · 16.9 season
Jabari ParkerCHI−3.9 10.9 last 10 · 14.8 season