FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 11, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed HOU by 10 after the first quarter and won 101–94.

Final
TOR106
BOS120
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +14
Final
MIA101
HOU94
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +7
Final
IND111
DET95
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +16
Final
ORL105
GSW111
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +6
Final
PHI114
POR118
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +4
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 · 2019–20Feb 11, 2020: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs BOS), 42 points.
The lead · MIA @ HOU

Jimmy Butler posts 27-10-10 as Miami tops Houston

A triple-double in a 101–94 win.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-10-6+12+7MIA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA19282826101
HOU2924103194
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 30, 25, 19, 14, 17, 26, 27MIA27 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Max StrusPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 5, 12, 7, 19, 0, 3, 21MIA21 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 24, 20, 15, 18, 22, 27, 25, 17HOU17 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 8, 14, 25, 22, 20, 26, 23, 17HOU17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ GSW

Golden State rallies from 8 down to beat Orlando

Trailing by 8 at the half, Golden State outscored the Magic 64–50 the rest of the way. Final: 111–105. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs ORL
Stephen Curry · GSWNikola Vucevic · ORLPTS4025REB813AST55Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.6Season avg37.8Last 5

37.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.8Season avg24.7Last 3

24.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.8 in 22 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 40

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 16, 27, 28, 38, 28, 57, 32, 32, 40GSW vs ORL · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1998: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 42, 38, 33, 28, 37, 34, 37, 33, 25, 35PHI @ POR · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 26, 30, 44, 19, 32, 29, 36, 30POR vs PHI · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 30, 25, 19, 14, 17, 26, 27MIA @ HOU · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd DAL, Apr 16, 2008: 27 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 22, 21, 32, 33, 8, 20, 18, 26IND @ DET · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 26, 10, 15, 21, 43, 17, 27, 25ORL @ GSW · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 5 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+6.4 22.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.8 34.2 last 10 · 29.4 season
LaMelo BallCHA+4.7 19.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Chris PaulPHX+4.4 21.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Gary Trent Jr.POR+4.2 18.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Lonnie Walker IVSAS−3.9 6.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shake MiltonPHI−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Collin SextonCLE−3.2 19.5 last 10 · 22.7 season
Duncan RobinsonMIA−3.0 9.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−3.0 8.4 last 10 · 11.4 season