FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 29, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed HOU by 6 after the first quarter and won 125–112.

Final · OT
CHI106
IND115
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +9
Final
DET115
BKN125
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +10
Final
MEM127
NYK106
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +21
Final
UTA120
SAS127
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +7
Final
HOU112
POR125
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +13
Final
OKC120
SAC100
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +20
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 29, 2019: 7 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ SAS), 38 points.
The lead · HOU @ POR

Damian Lillard posts 36 and 10 as Portland beats Houston

36 points and 10 rebounds in a 125–112 win. Russell Westbrook scored 39 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-6+11+15+13POR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU36242230112
POR30412628125
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 30, 25, 34, 34, 61, 47, 50, 36POR36 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 10, 15, 20, 27, 24, 4, 28, 22POR22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 30, 31, 35, 32, 28, 45, 32, 39HOU39 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 41, 17, 32, 41, 13, 34, 29, 27, 12, 18HOU18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.8Season avg45.6Last 5

45.6 points a game over his last five games, against 28.8 in 45 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg28.7Last 3

28.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 7. Widest: Memphis by 21.

SAS over UTA7IND over CHI9BKN over DET10POR over HOU13OKC over SAC20MEM over NYK21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 39

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 30, 31, 35, 32, 28, 45, 32, 39HOU @ POR · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 25, 20, 18, 20, 30, 14, 36, 38SAS vs UTA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 30, 25, 34, 34, 61, 47, 50, 36POR vs HOU · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damon Stoudamire TOR, Jan 21, 1998: 36 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
36 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 25, 46, 22, 25, 23, 25, 36, 31UTA @ SAS · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 17, 26, 11, 22, 7, 10, 23, 28BKN vs DET · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 24, 26, 31, 6, 27, 20, 24, 27MEM @ NYK · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 0 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
Damian LillardPOR+7.3 36.3 last 10 · 29.0 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+6.3 32.6 last 10 · 26.3 season
Svi MykhailiukDET+5.4 14.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+5.1 21.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+4.8 21.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
James HardenHOU−9.3 26.4 last 10 · 35.7 season
Jeff TeagueATL−5.2 7.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−4.6 12.4 last 10 · 17.0 season
Thomas BryantWAS−3.8 8.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN−3.7 17.7 last 10 · 21.4 season