FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 21, 2019Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by NOP (vs MEM) and POR (vs UTA).

Final
OKC127
NYK109
Q1 OKC +18; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +18
Final
CHI104
CLE88
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +16
Final
DAL106
MIL116
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +10
Final
DET87
WAS101
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +14
Final
ORL122
ATL103
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +19
Final
SAC94
BKN123
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN -5; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +29
Final
NOP105
MEM85
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +20
Final
MIA99
BOS107
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +8
Final
HOU93
PHI121
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +31; Q4 PHI +28
Final
POR109
UTA104
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +5
Final
GSW130
LAL111
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +30; Q4 GSW +19
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 21, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BOS vs ORL), 40 points.
The lead · POR @ UTA

Portland makes it three straight

Portland beat Utah 109–104 and moved to 29–19. Damian Lillard led Portland with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Donovan Mitchell scored 36 for Utah in the loss.

Game flow · POR 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+1-7+4+5POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR29153926109
UTA28232825104
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 17, 16, 20, 26, 35, 33, 24, 26POR26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 20, 18, 11, 12, 6, 10, 15, 22POR22 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 33, 33, 34, 28, 28, 24, 36UTA36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 12, 9, 8, 6, 2, 23, 11, 15UTA15 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
35.7Season avg47.6Last 5

47.6 points a game over his last five games, against 35.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
36.22017–18 avg18.2Last 2

18.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.2 in 2017–18 (48 games). Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · NOP @ MEM

New Orleans routs Memphis by 20

New Orleans led by 4 at halftime and won 105–85. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over UTA5BOS over MIA8MIL over DAL10WAS over DET14CHI over CLE16OKC over NYK18ORL over ATL19GSW over LAL19NOP over MEM20PHI over HOU28BKN over SAC29Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over MEM.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 44

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 20, 43, 30, 16, 31, 19, 12, 44GSW @ LAL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Jan 31, 1997: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
44 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57, 58, 48, 37HOU @ PHI · L
35.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 33, 33, 34, 28, 28, 24, 36UTA vs POR · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 28, 42, 25, 20, 35, 26, 31, 22, 31, 32PHI vs HOU · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 43, 30, 27, 33, 12, 27, 25, 31MIL vs DAL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 28, 5, 23, 24, 34, 10, 40, 31BKN vs SAC · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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+8.0 43.7 last 10 · 35.7 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+6.6 28.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+5.8 14.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.7 25.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanSAS−6.3 15.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Justin HolidayMEM−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.0 14.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Rodney McGruderMIA−4.8 4.4 last 10 · 9.2 season