FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 27, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed ORL by 16 after the first quarter and won 103–98.

Final
CLE104
CHI101
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +3
Final
SAC108
LAC122
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +14
Final
MIL112
OKC118
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +6
Final
TOR123
DAL120
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +3
Final
ORL98
HOU103
Q1 HOU -16; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +5
Final
UTA125
MIN111
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +14
Final
WAS119
SAS132
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +13
Final
MIA106
NYK97
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +9
Final
PHX102
LAL116
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +14
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 27, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs BOS), 49 points.
The lead · ORL @ HOU

James Harden scores 40 as Houston beats Orlando

Houston won 103–98. James Harden: 40 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-8-8+5HOU AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3427211698
HOU18352129103
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 42, 43, 38, 57, 58, 48, 37, 61, 35, 40HOU40 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 20, 21, 20, 30, 8, 20, 24, 16HOU16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 18, 28, 22, 12, 23, 10, 22, 23ORL23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 22, 24, 16, 27, 29, 21, 28, 19ORL19 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 0 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Clippers by 14.

CLE over CHI3TOR over DAL3HOU over ORL5OKC over MIL6MIA over NYK9SAS over WAS13LAC over SAC14UTA over MIN14LAL over PHX14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 42, 43, 38, 57, 58, 48, 37, 61, 35, 40HOU vs ORL · W
36.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Feb 7, 1996: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 18, 24, 27, 31, 31, 36, 23, 36OKC vs MIL · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 29, 26, 25, 8, 18, 17, 32, 35DAL vs TOR · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony NYK, Apr 17, 2012: 35 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Career high35 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 40, 17, 18, 12, 17, 10, 17, 23, 21, 35MIN vs UTA · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 45, 21, 30, 31, 20, 41, 33, 32, 33TOR @ DAL · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 13, 56, 17, 28, 8, 25, 30, 13, 28, 30SAS vs WAS · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 6 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+9.6 45.9 last 10 · 36.3 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+7.9 30.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Terrance FergusonOKC+6.6 13.1 last 10 · 6.5 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.5 14.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Blake GriffinDET+4.9 31.4 last 10 · 26.5 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.9 2.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.8 2.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.1 16.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nemanja BjelicaSAC−4.9 5.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season