FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 6, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SAS by 17 after the first quarter and won 105–104.

Final · Box score
Suns102
Bucks96
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +6
Final · Box score
Pistons105
Spurs104
Q1 DET -17; Q2 DET -9; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +1
On this day · 2013–14Jan 6, 2014: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (Wolves-Sixers), 26 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Spurs

Detroit storms back from 17 down to beat San Antonio

Brandon Knight goes for 26 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-9+5+1DET AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons20293323105
Spurs37211927104
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 7, 18, 20, 16, 17, 7, 15, 20DET20 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 0, 5, 14, 0, 11, 5, 6, 19DET19 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Jeff AyresPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 11, 4, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 16SAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 21, 15, 20, 16, 9, 16, 4, 15SAS15 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Suns-Bucks

Phoenix makes it three straight

Phoenix beat Milwaukee 102–96 and moved to 21–16. Markieff Morris led Phoenix with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · PHX
W@ NYK99–90W@ WAS104–92Wvs DAL124–115W@ SAC115–106W@ LAL116–107L@ NOP106–110L@ OKC134–137Wvs PHI112–96Wvs TOR125–109W@ MIL102–96
Lead changes
Pistons-Spurs11
Shot of the night

Jennings's jumper at the buzzer puts the Pistons ahead, 105-104 final

The night in charts
Pistons-Spurs combined for 209, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Pistons-SpursPistons 105, Spurs 104
209
Suns-BucksSuns 102, Bucks 96
198
DET won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Pistons-SpursPistons 105, Spurs 104
+1 DET
Suns-BucksSuns 102, Bucks 96
+6 PHX
DET erased a 17-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-SpursDET won · Pistons 105, Spurs 104
17 pts
Suns-BucksPHX won · Suns 102, Bucks 96
6 pts
Drummond shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DrummondDET · 20 PTS, 17 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
80% (8-10)
MonroeDET · 17 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
Markieff MorrisPHX · 26 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
DuncanSAS · 15 PTS, 7 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
58% (7-12)
DragicPHX · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Final · Pistons-Spurs
Pistons 105Spurs 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons20293323105
Spurs37211927104
The story
Andre Drummond had 20 points and 17 rebounds as Detroit beat San Antonio 105-104

Danny Green led San Antonio with 13 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 20 PTS, 17 REB · 8-10 FG

The swing

Down 9 after the second, the Pistons took the third 33-19.

DET lead by quarter
200 −17−9+5+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Bucks
Suns 102Bucks 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns15282831102
Bucks2123282496
The story
Eric Bledsoe's 10 points and 10 assists carried Phoenix past Milwaukee, 102-96

For Milwaukee, John Henson had 13 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 10 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB · 3-10 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

The Suns trailed by 1 going into the fourth, then won it 31-24.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −6−1−1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.1Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg22.5Today

22 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Markieff Morris leads the day with 26

Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 9, 17, 12, 13, 25, 21, 6, 26Suns-Bucks · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 34, 16, 10, 18, 26, 20, 17, 26Bucks-Suns · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 7, 18, 20, 16, 17, 7, 15, 20Pistons-Spurs · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 0, 5, 14, 0, 11, 5, 6, 19Pistons-Spurs · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 12, 17, 15, 5, 6, 12, 18, 19Suns-Bucks · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 17, 16, 19, 10, 9, 12, 14, 17Pistons-Spurs · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jared DudleyMIL+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Mason PlumleeBKN+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Ronnie PriceLAL+4.6 10.1 last 10 · 5.5 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.5 22.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.5 26.7 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Chris CopelandIND−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.3 10.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN−4.1 3.0 last 10 · 7.1 season
Jeff GreenBOS−4.1 13.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Trevor ArizaHOU−3.8 8.8 last 10 · 12.6 season