FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 19, 2019Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAL by 18 at halftime and won 138–134.

Final
OKC117
PHI115
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +2
Final
PHX115
CHA135
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +23; Q4 CHA +20
Final
SAC103
DET101
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC -8; Q4 SAC +2
Final
DAL99
IND111
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +12
Final
MIL118
ORL108
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +10
Final
BOS113
ATL105
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MEM90
TOR119
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +38; Q4 TOR +29
Final
MIA117
CHI103
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +14
Final · OT
LAL134
HOU138
Q1 HOU -13; Q2 HOU -18; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
CLE102
DEN124
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +24; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +22
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 19, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: Jordan Clarkson (LAL vs IND), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ HOU

James Harden drops 48 in 18-point comeback win over Lakers

Lakers led by 18 at the half. Final: 138–134.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-18-40+4HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL3925223414134
HOU2620363818138
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57, 58, 48HOU48 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 16, 20, 18, 17, 20, 21, 20, 30HOU30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 4, 13, 41, 11, 29, 16, 32, 32LAL32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 13, 29, 10, 15, 22, 16, 8, 21LAL21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Raptors rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Memphis by 29.

OKC over PHI2SAC over DET2HOU over LAL4BOS over ATL8MIL over ORL10IND over DAL12MIA over CHI14CHA over PHX20DEN over CLE22TOR over MEM29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
35.4Season avg48.8Last 5

48.8 points a game over his last five games, against 35.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 48 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg15.9Last 3

15.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57, 58, 48HOU vs LAL · W
35.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell NYK, Jan 26, 2002: 48 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
48 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 34, 34, 16, 44, 19, 30, 32, 38DET vs SAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 32, 13, 16, 18, 21, 19, 24, 35SAC @ DET · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 27, 20, 37, 23, 7, 8, 30, 32PHX @ CHA · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 4, 13, 41, 11, 29, 16, 32, 32LAL @ HOU · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 16, 17, 12, 22, 25, 27, 38, 32BOS @ ATL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 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+8.6 44.3 last 10 · 35.7 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+7.1 15.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.7 25.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Justin HolidayMEM−5.0 5.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.9 11.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−4.9 16.8 last 10 · 21.7 season
Jabari ParkerCHI−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season