FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 11, 2020Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed POR by 9 after the first quarter and won 138–117.

Final
LAC103
PHI110
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +7
Final
CHI114
WAS126
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +12
Final
POR117
NOP138
Q1 NOP -9; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP +18; Q4 NOP +21
Final
SAS114
OKC106
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +8
Final
BOS105
HOU116
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +11
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 · 2018–19Feb 11, 2019: 9 games. Top scorer: Paul George (OKC vs POR), 47 points.
The lead · POR @ NOP

Zion Williamson scores 31, New Orleans rallies past Portland

New Orleans trailed by 9 after one and won 138–117.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+18+21NOP AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR36292131117
NOP27364134138
Who led
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 9 games: 22, 15, 21, 14, 24, 21, 20, 21, 31NOP31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 17, 15, 16, 0, 13, 18, 23, 20NOP20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 47, 50, 36, 48, 51, 21, 26, 42, 33, 20POR20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 4, 28, 22, 19, 14, 20, 19, 27, 13, 20POR20 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · BOS @ HOU

Houston beats Boston, 116–105

Houston led 78–71 after three and won by 11. James Harden led Houston with 42 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over LAC7SAS over OKC8HOU over BOS11WAS over CHI12NOP over POR21Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 49 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 18, 35, 40, 40, 14, 32, 28, 42HOU vs BOS · W
35.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ricky Davis CLE, Dec 20, 2002: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
42 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 44, 23, 20, 22, 18, 22, 32, 41CHI @ WAS · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 7, 2002: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 45, 32, 39, 32, 22, 41, 39, 36HOU vs BOS · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 9 games: 22, 15, 21, 14, 24, 21, 20, 21, 31NOP vs POR · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 18, 25, 9, 20, 12, 22, 22, 31OKC vs SAS · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 36, 33, 31, 31, 22, 14, 29, 30LAC @ PHI · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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+7.7 37.4 last 10 · 29.7 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+7.4 34.6 last 10 · 27.2 season
Bradley BealWAS+6.6 35.7 last 10 · 29.1 season
Svi MykhailiukDET+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.3 25.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Cold
James HardenHOU−6.5 28.8 last 10 · 35.3 season
Ricky RubioPHX−4.1 8.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Steven AdamsOKC−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jeff TeagueATL−4.0 7.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE−3.8 8.0 last 10 · 11.8 season