FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 31, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by DET (vs DAL) and PHI (vs GSW).

Final
DAL89
DET93
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -7; Q4 DET +4
Final
IND100
ORL107
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +7
Final
MIL105
TOR92
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +13
Final
BKN114
SAS117
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +3
Final
PHI113
GSW104
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +9
Final · OT
LAL123
LAC120
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
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 31, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR vs CHI), 50 points.
The lead · DAL @ DET

Detroit takes care of Dallas

A 4-point win, 93–89. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 24 points, 20 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-2-4-7+4DET AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2128211989
DET1926183093
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 12, 20, 15, 14, 0, 23, 20, 24DET24 PTS · 20 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 44, 19, 30, 32, 38, 29, 37, 35, 18, 24DET24 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 11, 20, 8, 20, 9, 14, 19, 27DAL27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 3, 2, 9, 13, 3, 0, 6, 15DAL15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 13.

SAS over BKN3LAL over LAC3DET over DAL4ORL over IND7PHI over GSW9MIL over TOR13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg26.6Today

27 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 41

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: 28, 48, 31, 41, 28, 11, 38, 24, 26, 41GSW vs PHI · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 24, 2006: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 13, 16, 16, 9, 16, 15, 16, 30ORL vs IND · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 6, 10, 17, 18, 16, 22, 14, 28TOR vs MIL · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 11, 20, 8, 20, 9, 14, 19, 27DAL @ DET · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 8, 12, 9, 13, 14, 16, 9, 27IND @ ORL · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 26, 31, 22, 31, 32, 33, 28, 26PHI @ GSW · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 20 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+9.1 45.4 last 10 · 36.3 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+6.8 29.3 last 10 · 22.5 season
Terrance FergusonOKC+6.6 13.1 last 10 · 6.5 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+6.0 25.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Trevor ArizaWAS+4.9 17.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.9 2.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.7 2.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.6 15.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.4 13.7 last 10 · 19.1 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season