FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 17, 2020Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed SAS by 11 after three quarters and won 121–120.

Final
MIN114
IND116
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +2
Final
CHI89
PHI100
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +11
Final
WAS111
TOR140
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +29
Final
CLE109
MEM113
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +4
Final
MIA115
OKC108
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +7
Final
ATL121
SAS120
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL -11; Q4 ATL +1
Final
POR112
DAL120
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +8
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 17, 2019: 6 games. Top scorer: Kyle Kuzma (LAL @ OKC), 32 points.
The lead · ATL @ SAS

Trae Young scores 31, Atlanta rallies past San Antonio

Atlanta trailed by 11 after three and won 121–120.

Game flow · ATL 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+9-11+1ATL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL29382133121
SAS27314121120
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 47, 30, 12, 28, 41, 29, 42, 19, 36, 31ATL31 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Cameron ReddishPoints, last 10 games: 11, 2, 2, 5, 7, 7, 9, 20, 4, 22ATL22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 22, 16, 17, 13, 21, 11, 12, 30SAS30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 30, 26, 25, 31, 36, 25, 30, 25SAS25 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Raptors rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Washington by 29.

ATL over SAS1IND over MIN2MEM over CLE4MIA over OKC7DAL over POR8PHI over CHI11TOR over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.6Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 35

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 39, 38, 27, 25, 19, 20, 25, 35DAL vs POR · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 11, 35, 34, 20, 20, 26, 30, 25, 34POR @ DAL · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 47, 30, 12, 28, 41, 29, 42, 19, 36, 31ATL @ SAS · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 22, 16, 17, 13, 21, 11, 12, 30SAS vs ATL · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 25, 2, 15, 15, 22, 12, 12, 18, 29DAL vs POR · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 25, 16, 25, 28CLE @ MEM · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
DeMar DeRozanSAS+5.4 28.1 last 10 · 22.7 season
Jarrett CulverMIN+5.4 14.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.1 31.3 last 10 · 26.2 season
Julius RandleNYK+5.1 24.1 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jordan McRaeWAS+4.9 18.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Dario SaricPHX−5.6 4.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−4.8 17.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
James HardenHOU−4.7 32.5 last 10 · 37.2 season
PJ TuckerHOU−4.5 3.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.2 9.5 last 10 · 13.7 season