FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 23, 2019Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NYK by 5 at halftime and won 114–110.

Final
TOR106
IND110
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +4
Final
ORL110
BKN114
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +3; Q4 BKN +4
Final
CLE103
BOS123
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +20
Final
LAC111
MIA99
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +12
Final
HOU114
NYK110
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +4
Final
ATL121
CHI101
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +20
Final
CHA118
MEM107
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +11
Final
DET98
NOP94
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +4
Final
SAS120
PHI122
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +2
Final
DEN108
UTA114
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +6
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 23, 2018: 5 games. Top scorer: Garrett Temple (SAC @ ORL), 34 points.
The lead · HOU @ NYK

James Harden scores 61 as Houston wins in New York

Final: 114–110. James Harden made 17 of 38 shots from the field.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-5+10+4HOU AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU28303026114
NYK31321532110
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57, 58, 48, 37, 61HOU61 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 18, 17, 20, 21, 20, 30, 8, 20HOU20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Allonzo TrierPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 2, 2, 11, 5, 0, 13, 16, 31NYK31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 18, 16, 22, 5, 13, 12, 8, 23, 21NYK21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
35.7Season avg52.2Last 5

52.2 points a game over his last five games, against 35.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 61 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg5.4Last 3

5.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg31.0Today

31 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Boston by 20.

PHI over SAS2IND over TOR4BKN over ORL4HOU over NYK4DET over NOP4UTA over DEN6CHA over MEM11LAC over MIA12BOS over CLE20ATL over CHI20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 61

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: 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57, 58, 48, 37, 61HOU @ NYK · W
36.3 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl-Anthony Towns MIN, Mar 14, 2022: 60 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Career high61 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 16, 44, 19, 30, 32, 38, 29, 37DET @ NOP · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 33, 33, 34, 28, 28, 24, 36, 35UTA vs DEN · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 21, 30, 25, 13, 26, 15, 14, 35ATL @ CHI · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 42, 25, 20, 35, 26, 31, 22, 31, 32, 33PHI vs SAS · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Allonzo TrierPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 2, 2, 11, 5, 0, 13, 16, 31NYK vs HOU · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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+9.1 45.4 last 10 · 36.3 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+8.0 30.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.7 25.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+5.2 14.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.8 2.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.1 16.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Rodney McGruderMIA−4.8 4.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Jabari ParkerCHI−4.6 10.0 last 10 · 14.6 season