FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 24, 2019Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAL by 3 at halftime and won 120–105.

Final
NOP116
OKC122
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +6
Final
GSW126
WAS118
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +8
Final
POR120
PHX106
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +14
Final
MIN120
LAL105
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +15
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 24, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs MIN), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ LAL

Lakers' skid reaches three

Minnesota won 120–105; the Lakers fall to 25–24. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-3+2+15MIN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN28302636120
LAL29322123105
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 20, 30, 27, 13, 23, 30, 25, 27MIN27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 40, 17, 18, 12, 17, 10, 17, 23MIN23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 10, 15, 22, 16, 8, 21, 17, 20LAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 2, 6, 2, 0, 8, 2, 15, 15LAL15 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
36.22017–18 avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 2017–18 (48 games). Today: 17 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · POR @ PHX

Portland gets past Phoenix

120–106, with Portland ahead 56–52 at halftime. Damian Lillard led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over NOP6GSW over WAS8POR over PHX14MIN over LAL15Final margin, points. Pink = POR over PHX.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 38

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 42, 14, 28, 48, 31, 41, 28, 11, 38GSW @ WAS · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 20, 30, 27, 13, 23, 30, 25, 27MIN @ LAL · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 4, 2, 17, 20, 23, 12, 20, 27WAS vs GSW · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 23, 7, 8, 30, 32, 18, 14, 27PHX vs POR · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 20, 26, 35, 33, 24, 26, 34, 24POR @ PHX · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 24, 31, 26, 21, 17, 29, 23OKC vs NOP · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James LAL, Aug 18, 2020: 23 PTS · 17 REB · 16 AST
23 PTS · 17 REB · 16 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
Terrance FergusonOKC+5.8 12.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.7 25.5 last 10 · 19.8 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