FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 11, 2020Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed PHI by 9 at halftime and won 109–91.

Final
MIN109
HOU139
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +30
Final
NOP105
BOS140
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +32; Q4 BOS +35
Final
CHI108
DET99
Q1 CHI +15; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +9
Final
LAL125
OKC110
Q1 LAL +22; Q2 LAL +24; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +15
Final
PHI91
DAL109
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +18
Final
CLE111
DEN103
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +8
Final
MIL122
POR101
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +21
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 11, 2019: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs CLE), 43 points.
The lead · PHI @ DAL

Dallas rallies from 9 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 9 at the half, Dallas outscored the 76ers 68–41 the rest of the way. Final: 109–91. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-9+7+18DAL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2228162591
DAL20213236109
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 19, 35, 31, 39, 38, 27, 25, 19DAL19 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Dwight PowellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 7, 11, 4, 11, 16, 16, 7, 19DAL19 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 22, 24, 12, 9, 24, 18, 16, 20PHI20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 11, 7, 7, 5, 7, 13, 17, 16PHI16 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat New Orleans by 35, the widest margin of 7 games.

CLE over DEN8CHI over DET9LAL over OKC15DAL over PHI18MIL over POR21HOU over MIN30BOS over NOP35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 37 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jayson Tatum 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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 12, 24, 13, 28, 17, 14, 15, 41BOS vs NOP · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Career high41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 24, 0, 19, 10, 4, 16, 26, 36LAL @ OKC · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 18, 23, 32, 32, 24, 30, 13, 32MIL @ POR · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 47, 34, 24, 44, 35, 44, 41, 17, 32HOU vs MIN · W
37.7 PPG season to date · −5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 31, 40, 30, 28, 30, 23, 28, 20, 34, 30HOU vs MIN · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 21, 25, 13, 20, 15, 21, 27, 30MIL @ POR · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Jordan McRaeWAS+5.7 19.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.6 24.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.0 15.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Ish SmithWAS+4.9 16.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS+4.8 27.2 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−6.2 7.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−5.4 24.4 last 10 · 29.8 season
Dario SaricPHX−4.5 5.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
PJ TuckerHOU−3.9 4.3 last 10 · 8.2 season