FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 9, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed BOS by 23 after the first quarter and won 123–112.

Final
SAS105
UTA125
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +20
Final
CLE90
IND105
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHA129
ATL120
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +20; Q4 CHA +9
Final
TOR104
NYK99
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +5
Final
LAC123
BOS112
Q1 LAC -23; Q2 LAC -21; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +11
Final
WAS134
CHI125
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +9
Final
NOP90
MEM99
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +9
Final
OKC117
HOU112
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -22; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +5
Final
ORL103
MIL83
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +20
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 · 2017–18Feb 9, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ SAC), 50 points.
The lead · LAC @ BOS

Clippers storm back from 23 down to beat Boston

The Clippers trailed by 23 after one and won 123–112. Montrezl Harrell led Clippers with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-23-21-5+11LAC AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC20332842123
BOS43311226112
Who led
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 25, 18, 15, 16, 10, 16, 19, 21LAC21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 20, 18, 23, 25, 9, 1, 12, 19LAC19 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 2, 2, 12, 14, 3, 18, 4, 19BOS19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 20, 6, 20, 13, 11, 25, 22, 16BOS16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two comebacks from 15 or more down

Winners erased deficits of 15 or more points at a quarter break two times in 9 games.

TOR over NYK5OKC over HOU5CHA over ATL9WAS over CHI9MEM over NOP9LAC over BOS11IND over CLE15UTA over SAS20ORL over MIL20Final margin, points. Pink = winner came back from 15+ down at a break.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.0Season avg38.2Last 5

38.2 points a game over his last five games, against 28.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg18.9Last 3

18.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 45

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 23, 36, 37, 43, 37, 39, 27, 45OKC @ HOU · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Dec 10, 2008: 45 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
45 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 61, 35, 40, 37, 30, 43, 44, 36, 42HOU vs OKC · L
36.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Mar 15, 2001: 42 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
42 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 10, 14, 21, 23, 37, 32, 30, 37CHA @ ATL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 21, 31, 25, 24, 27, 30, 25, 31WAS @ CHI · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 13, 7, 10, 16, 13, 13, 5, 27CHA @ ATL · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 23, 29, 17, 26, 18, 28, 26, 26CHI vs WAS · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 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
Josh JacksonPHX+7.6 18.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+7.1 35.4 last 10 · 28.3 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jeff GreenWAS+4.5 16.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Darius MillerNOP+4.3 12.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.9 2.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.4 2.0 last 10 · 7.4 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−4.5 14.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Kevin DurantGSW−3.9 23.4 last 10 · 27.3 season