FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 18, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed ORL by 13 at halftime and won 117–115.

Final
MEM116
BOS122
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +6
Final
MIA93
DET98
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +5
Final
BKN117
ORL115
Q1 BKN -7; Q2 BKN -13; Q3 BKN -9; Q4 BKN +2
Final
SAS116
MIN113
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +3
Final
CLE99
UTA115
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +24; Q3 UTA +33; Q4 UTA +16
Final
GSW112
LAC94
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +18
Final
NOP112
POR128
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +16
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 18, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Eric Gordon (HOU vs MIN), 30 points.
The lead · BKN @ ORL

D'Angelo Russell scores 40 as Brooklyn beats Orlando

Brooklyn won 117–115. D'Angelo Russell: 40 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-7-13-9+2BKN AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN25293231117
ORL32352820115
Who led
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 23, 28, 5, 23, 24, 34, 10, 40BKN40 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 13, 7, 15, 16, 8, 8, 33, 20BKN20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 10, 17, 10, 18, 28, 22, 12, 23ORL23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 8, 12, 6, 23, 7, 9, 13, 17ORL17 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Golden State by 18.

BKN over ORL2SAS over MIN3DET over MIA5BOS over MEM6UTA over CLE16POR over NOP16GSW over LAC18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

D'Angelo Russell leads the day with 40

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.
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 23, 28, 5, 23, 24, 34, 10, 40BKN @ ORL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kyrie Irving BKN, Apr 5, 2021: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Ties career high40 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 40, 23, 26, 16, 17, 12, 22, 25, 27, 38BOS vs MEM · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 26, 34, 34, 16, 44, 19, 30, 32DET vs MIA · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 16, 28, 23, 18, 11, 21, 17, 28LAC vs GSW · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 35, 42, 14, 28, 48, 31, 41, 28GSW @ LAC · W
29.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 48, 22, 34, 20, 36, 38, 30, 46, 30, 27NOP @ POR · L
29.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+7.1 15.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.7 25.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+5.2 26.9 last 10 · 21.7 season
Cold
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.9 11.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−4.9 16.8 last 10 · 21.7 season
Justin HolidayMEM−4.7 5.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−4.5 15.0 last 10 · 19.5 season