FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 15, 2020Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIN by 6 after the first quarter and won 104–99.

Final
DET116
BOS103
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +13
Final
BKN106
PHI117
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +11
Final
SAS100
MIA106
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +6
Final
WAS106
CHI115
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +9
Final
IND104
MIN99
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +5
Final
TOR130
OKC121
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +9
Final
CHA86
DEN100
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +14
Final
POR117
HOU107
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +10
Final
DAL127
SAC123
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +4
Final
ORL119
LAL118
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +1
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 15, 2019: 6 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ ATL), 31 points.
The lead · IND @ MIN

Minnesota's skid reaches three

Indiana won 104–99; the Timberwolves fall to 15–25. Domantas Sabonis led Indiana with 29 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-6-5-1+5IND AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND24302228104
MIN3029182299
Who led
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 15, 23, 18, 25, 18, 27, 10, 29IND29 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 19, 11, 14, 13, 10, 0, 21, 21IND21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jarrett CulverPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 10, 10, 14, 24, 12, 15, 14, 17MIN17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 15, 6, 22, 11, 12, 14, 5, 15MIN15 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · WAS @ CHI

Chicago beats Washington, 115–106

Chicago led 85–80 after three and won by 9. Zach LaVine led Chicago with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over LAL1DAL over SAC4IND over MIN5MIA over SAS6CHI over WAS9TOR over OKC9POR over HOU10PHI over BKN11DET over BOS13DEN over CHA14Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 14 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tobias Harris 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.
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 12, 9, 24, 18, 16, 20, 15, 34PHI vs BKN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kendrick NunnPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 14, 7, 7, 14, 15, 10, 20, 33MIA vs SAS · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 28, 30, 23, 28, 20, 34, 30, 31HOU vs POR · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 30, 2014: 31 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
31 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 26, 35, 20, 32, 43, 25, 30, 30CHI vs WAS · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 24, 30, 26, 25, 31, 36, 25, 30SAS @ MIA · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 15, 23, 18, 25, 18, 27, 10, 29IND @ MIN · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 13 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
Jordan McRaeWAS+6.1 19.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.7 31.8 last 10 · 26.1 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS+5.1 27.7 last 10 · 22.6 season
Jarrett CulverMIN+4.9 14.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Joe InglesUTA+4.9 16.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Dario SaricPHX−5.6 4.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−5.1 17.6 last 10 · 22.8 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.9 8.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
James HardenHOU−4.7 32.5 last 10 · 37.2 season
PJ TuckerHOU−4.5 3.3 last 10 · 7.8 season