FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 7, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 13 at halftime and won 115–113.

Final
DET115
CLE113
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -13; Q3 DET -11; Q4 DET +2
Final
POR101
TOR99
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR -9; Q4 POR +2
Final · OT
OKC111
BKN103
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +8
Final
MIN112
MEM119
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +7
Final
SAC114
PHX103
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -9; Q4 SAC +11
Final
NYK87
LAL117
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +30
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 · 2018–19Jan 7, 2019: 8 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs MEM), 36 points.
The lead · DET @ CLE

Detroit climbs out of a 13-point hole against Cleveland

Down 13 at the half, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 31–18 and the game 115–113. Derrick Rose led Detroit with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-13-11+2DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET27273031115
CLE29382818113
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 15, 24, 20, 14, 22, 28, 24DET24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 27, 14, 21, 15, 10, 14, 12, 23DET23 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 16, 21, 20, 30, 10, 18, 12, 30CLE30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 25, 21, 18, 22, 21, 30, 19, 20CLE20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.0Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · POR @ TOR

Portland takes over late to edge Toronto

Down 9 after three, Portland won the fourth 32–21. Final: 101–99. Carmelo Anthony led Portland with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DET over CLE2POR over TOR2MEM over MIN7OKC over BKN8SAC over PHX11LAL over NYK30Final margin, points. Pink = POR over TOR.
Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 34

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 11, 34, 32, 33, 32, 38, 40, 34PHX vs SAC · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 21, 23, 21, 13, 31, 17, 21, 31LAL vs NYK · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 16, 21, 20, 30, 10, 18, 12, 30CLE vs DET · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 23, 16, 25, 17, 16, 7, 18, 28OKC @ BKN · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 23, 12, 13, 10, 26, 16, 11, 28POR @ TOR · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 14, 8, 7, 20, 15, 22, 19, 28MEM vs MIN · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 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
Joe InglesUTA+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Ish SmithWAS+5.5 16.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kevin HuerterATL+4.9 16.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.8 23.7 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−7.1 6.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−4.0 3.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
Dario SaricPHX−3.8 6.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Evan FournierORL−3.3 15.5 last 10 · 18.8 season