FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 18, 2020Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed CLE by 17 at halftime and won 118–116.

Final
LAC133
NOP130
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC +3
Final
MIL117
BKN97
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +22; Q4 MIL +20
Final
PHX123
BOS119
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +4
Final
DET136
ATL103
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +27; Q4 DET +33
Final
PHI90
NYK87
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +3
Final
CLE116
CHI118
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -17; Q3 CHI -15; Q4 CHI +2
Final
TOR122
MIN112
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +10
Final
ORL95
GSW109
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +14
Final
LAL124
HOU115
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +9
Final
POR106
OKC119
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +13
Final
SAC101
UTA123
Q1 UTA +16; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +22
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 18, 2019: 7 games. Top scorer: D'Angelo Russell (BKN @ ORL), 40 points.
The lead · CLE @ CHI

Zach LaVine scores 42 as Chicago beats Cleveland

Chicago won 118–116. Zach LaVine: 42 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-17-15+2CHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE33402914116
CHI31253131118
Who led
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 20, 32, 43, 25, 30, 30, 23, 42CHI42 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 26, 14, 11, 14, 9, 13, 12, 17CHI17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 18, 12, 30, 17, 19, 21, 19, 29CLE29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 25, 16, 25, 28, 26CLE26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 33.

CHI over CLE2LAC over NOP3PHI over NYK3PHX over BOS4LAL over HOU9TOR over MIN10OKC over POR13GSW over ORL14MIL over BKN20UTA over SAC22DET over ATL33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg36.0Last 5

36.0 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 22 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Zach LaVine leads the day with 42

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.
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 20, 32, 43, 25, 30, 30, 23, 42CHI vs CLE · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen SEA, Jan 22, 2006: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 38, 40, 34, 24, 12, 39, 29, 39PHX @ BOS · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 24, 18, 24, 36, 30, 43, 32, 39LAC @ NOP · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Marcus SmartPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 13, 12, 24, 4, 12, 3, 24, 37BOS vs PHX · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 30, 23, 28, 20, 34, 30, 31, 35HOU vs LAL · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 44, 35, 44, 41, 17, 32, 41, 13, 34HOU vs LAL · L
37.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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
Svi MykhailiukDET+6.1 14.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Zach LaVineCHI+5.6 30.6 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jarrett CulverMIN+5.5 15.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.5 32.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS+5.4 28.1 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cold
Andrew WigginsMIN−6.2 16.4 last 10 · 22.6 season
PJ TuckerHOU−4.6 3.2 last 10 · 7.8 season
James HardenHOU−4.6 32.5 last 10 · 37.1 season
Dario SaricPHX−4.4 5.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Isaiah ThomasWAS−3.7 8.5 last 10 · 12.2 season