FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 17, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 12 points, by LAL (vs OKC) and WAS (vs NYK).

Final
NYK100
WAS101
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS -10; Q3 WAS -12; Q4 WAS +1
Final
SAC95
CHA114
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +19
Final
PHI120
IND96
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +24
Final
PHX109
TOR111
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +2
Final
CHI105
DEN135
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +30
Final · OT
LAL138
OKC128
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 17, 2018: 10 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW @ CHI), 38 points.
The lead · NYK @ WAS

Washington fights back late to top New York

New York led 89–77 after three. Washington won the fourth 24–11 and the game 101–100. Bradley Beal led Washington with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-10-10-12+1WAS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK30332611100
WAS20332424101
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 24, 33, 25, 28, 34, 32, 43, 26WAS26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 0, 9, 14, 20, 11, 23, 8, 27, 20WAS20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 13, 15, 15, 17, 7, 21, 19, 25NYK25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Luke KornetPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 14, 19, 6, 6, 6, 3, 23, 16NYK16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Chicago by 30, the widest margin of 6 games.

WAS over NYK1TOR over PHX2LAL over OKC10CHA over SAC19PHI over IND24DEN over CHI30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.2Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.2 in 36 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg33.9Today

34 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kyle Kuzma leads the day with 32

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.
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 18, 4, 13, 41, 11, 29, 16, 32LAL @ OKC · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 25, 27, 20, 37, 23, 7, 8, 30PHX @ TOR · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 37, 37, 20, 27, 30, 18, 24, 27OKC vs LAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 5, 16, 20, 23, 30, 16, 19, 27PHI @ IND · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 14, 27, 14, 10, 8, 16, 17, 27CHI @ DEN · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 6, 16, 14, 26, 10, 13, 12, 27IND vs PHI · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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+5.7 25.3 last 10 · 19.6 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−5.2 3.5 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
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−4.5 15.0 last 10 · 19.5 season