FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 30, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Suns102
Pacers94
Q1 PHX +17; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +8
Final · Box score
Cavs86
Knicks117
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +24; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +31
Final · Box score
Clippers92
Warriors111
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +23; Q4 GSW +19
On this day · 2012–13Jan 30, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: JJ Redick (Magic-Knicks), 29 points.
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The lead · Suns-Pacers

Phoenix keeps rolling, beats Indiana

Andrew Bogut goes for 17 rebounds

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+17+17+3+8PHX AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns36301125102
Pacers1930252094
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 28, 15, 21, 19, 15, 24, 30, 28PHX28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 13, 10, 5, 4, 7, 4, 16, 16PHX16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 11, 4, 14, 6, 10, 5, 11, 26IND26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 12, 4, 17, 13, 22, 16, 19, 18IND18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Clippers-Warriors

Golden State leads Clippers wire to wire

Golden State was ahead at every break and won 111–92. Best quarter: the first, 32–21. David Lee led Golden State with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over IND8GSW over LAC19NYK over CLE31Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over LAC.
Lead changes
Suns-Pacers3
Cavs-Knicks2
The night in charts
Cavs-Knicks combined for 203
Points by game
Cavs-KnicksCavs 86, Knicks 117
203
Clippers-WarriorsClippers 92, Warriors 111
203
Suns-PacersSuns 102, Pacers 94
196
PHX won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Suns-PacersSuns 102, Pacers 94
+8 PHX
Clippers-WarriorsClippers 92, Warriors 111
+19 GSW
Cavs-KnicksCavs 86, Knicks 117
+31 NYK
Steph shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
StephGSW · 22 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
David LeeGSW · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST
67% (10-15)
HardawayNYK · 29 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
65% (11-17)
BogutGSW · 17 REB, 14 PTS, 3 BLK, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Marcus MorrisPHX · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST
58% (7-12)
Final · Suns-Pacers
Suns 102Pacers 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns36301125102
Pacers1930252094
The story
Goran Dragic had 28 points as Phoenix beat Indiana 102-94

Roy Hibbert led Indiana with 26 PTS, 6 REB 28 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 11-21 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Suns won the first 36-19, their biggest quarter edge.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +17+17+3+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Warriors
Clippers 92Warriors 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2135112592
Warriors32322621111
The story
Stephen Curry's 22 points carried Golden State past Los Angeles, 111-92

For Los Angeles, Blake Griffin had 27 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 8-10 FG, 4-4 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 26-11, was where the Warriors built it.

GSW lead by quarter
300 +11+8+23+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Knicks
Cavs 86Knicks 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2115292186
Knicks38222136117
The story
New York beat Cleveland 117-86 behind 29 points from Tim Hardaway Jr.

Kyrie Irving paced Cleveland: 24 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 29 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST · 11-17 FG, 6-12 3PT

The swing

A 38-21 first quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
400 +17+24+16+31 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.1Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.1 in 42 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg15.9Last 3

15.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.9Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 29

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 28, 26, 26, 28, 62, 35, 24, 29Knicks-Cavs · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 5, 12, 4, 6, 11, 6, 10, 18, 16, 29Knicks-Cavs · W
9.1 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 28, 15, 21, 19, 15, 24, 30, 28Suns-Pacers · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 19, 25, 27, 26, 30, 20, 29, 27Clippers-Warriors · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 11, 4, 14, 6, 10, 5, 11, 26Pacers-Suns · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 21, 23, 26, 26, 10, 24, 23, 24Cavs-Knicks · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
D.J. AugustinCHI+8.0 18.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Al JeffersonCHA+7.6 26.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Randy FoyeDEN+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.5 37.8 last 10 · 31.3 season
Courtney LeeMEM+5.1 14.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.9 5.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jordan CrawfordGSW−4.5 8.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jarrett JackCLE−3.5 5.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kevin LoveMIN−3.5 21.5 last 10 · 25.0 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.5 10.4 last 10 · 13.9 season