FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 23, 2020Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WAS124
CLE112
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +12
Final
LAL128
BKN113
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +15
Final
DAL133
POR125
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +13; 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 23, 2019: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ NYK), 61 points.
The lead · DAL @ POR

Dallas beats Portland, 133–125

Dallas led 103–90 after three and won by 8. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists. Damian Lillard scored 47 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+15+13+8DAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL45332530133
POR37262735125
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 39, 38, 27, 25, 19, 20, 25, 35, 36, 27DAL27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 23, 22, 19, 13, 18, 11, 10, 20DAL20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 20, 26, 30, 25, 34, 34, 61, 47POR47 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 5, 5, 18, 15, 11, 2, 3, 21POR21 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · WAS @ CLE

Washington leads Cleveland wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 124–112. Best quarter: the second, 39–37. Bradley Beal led Washington with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over POR8WAS over CLE12LAL over BKN15Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.9Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.9 in 43 earlier games. Today: 47 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 37 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 47

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 20, 26, 30, 25, 34, 34, 61, 47POR vs DAL · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Dec 15, 1995: 47 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
47 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 15, 27, 25, 23, 14, 29, 38, 36WAS @ CLE · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 19, 25, 16, 25, 28, 26, 17, 29CLE vs WAS · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 31, 35, 31, 19, 31, 15, 21, 27LAL @ BKN · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antoine Walker BOS, Nov 22, 2002: 27 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 39, 38, 27, 25, 19, 20, 25, 35, 36, 27DAL @ POR · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Larry Nance Jr.Points, last 10 games: 4, 2, 9, 4, 2, 0, 16, 4, 12, 22CLE vs WAS · L
8.4 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high22 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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
Norman PowellTOR+5.9 21.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Svi MykhailiukDET+5.3 13.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.2 21.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Derrick RoseDET+5.1 23.6 last 10 · 18.5 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.8 33.1 last 10 · 28.3 season
Cold
Andrew WigginsMIN−6.0 16.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
James HardenHOU−5.3 31.3 last 10 · 36.6 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−4.8 12.3 last 10 · 17.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN−4.6 16.9 last 10 · 21.5 season
PJ TuckerHOU−4.4 3.3 last 10 · 7.7 season