FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 5, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Knicks107
Hawks101
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +6
Final · Box score
Bucks106
Bulls117
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +11
Final · 2OT · Box score
Kings116
Mavs117
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 Mavs 0; OT1 Mavs 0; OT2 DAL +1
Final · Box score
Warriors109
Lakers88
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +32; Q4 GSW +21
On this day · 2014–15Jan 5, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Lakers), 39 points.
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The lead · Kings-Mavs

Dallas needs two overtimes to survive Sacramento

DeMarcus Cousins goes for 35 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+3+6+800+1DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Kings24192728612116
Mavs27222920613117
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 18, 18, 8, 14, 7, 9, 11, 25DAL25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 20, 22, 16, 7, 18, 11, 24, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 22, 25, 36, 7, 21, 32, 33, 35SAC35 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 16, 19, 7, 17, 9, 16, 16, 31SAC31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Knicks-Hawks

New York leads Atlanta wire to wire

New York was ahead at every break and won 107–101. Best quarter: the third, 30–22. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over SAC1NYK over ATL6CHI over MIL11GSW over LAL21Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over ATL.
Lead changes
Kings-Mavs14
Bucks-Bulls0
Warriors-Lakers0
Shot of the night

Williams's three at the buzzer of 2OT puts the Mavericks ahead, 117-116 final

The night in charts
Kings-Mavs combined for 233, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-MavsKings 116, Mavs 117
233
Bucks-BullsBucks 106, Bulls 117
223
Knicks-HawksKnicks 107, Hawks 101
208
Warriors-LakersWarriors 109, Lakers 88
197
DAL won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Kings-MavsKings 116, Mavs 117
+1 DAL
Knicks-HawksKnicks 107, Hawks 101
+6 NYK
Bucks-BullsBucks 106, Bulls 117
+11 CHI
Warriors-LakersWarriors 109, Lakers 88
+21 GSW
Pau shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PauCHI · 26 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK
71% (10-14)
GaySAC · 31 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
65% (13-20)
Carter-WilliamsMIL · 20 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
64% (9-14)
PorzingisNYK · 17 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
58% (7-12)
AfflaloNYK · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
56% (9-16)
Final · Kings-Mavs
Kings 116Mavs 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Kings24192728612116
Mavs27222920613117
The story
Deron Williams had 25 points as Dallas beat Sacramento 117-116 in OT

Rudy Gay led Sacramento with 31 PTS, 5 REB 25 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB · 10-18 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks won the first 27-24, their biggest quarter edge.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +3+6+800+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Knicks-Hawks
Knicks 107Hawks 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks29253023107
Hawks20292230101
The story
Carmelo Anthony's 23 points and 11 rebounds carried New York past Atlanta, 107-101

For Atlanta, Al Horford had 13 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST 23 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 8-22 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 29-20, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +9+5+13+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Bulls
Bucks 106Bulls 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks28332817106
Bulls36312723117
The story
Chicago beat Milwaukee 117-106 behind 26 points and 11 rebounds from Pau Gasol

Michael Carter-Williams paced Milwaukee: 20 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB 26 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK · 10-14 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

A 36-28 first quarter did the most damage for the Bulls.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +8+6+5+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 36

Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 20, 18, 29, 10, 38, 26, 30, 36Warriors-Lakers · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 22, 25, 36, 7, 21, 32, 33, 35Kings-Mavs · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 43, 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23, 42, 32Bulls-Bucks · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 16, 19, 7, 17, 9, 16, 16, 31Kings-Mavs · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 20, 21, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19, 26Bulls-Bucks · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 21, 20, 15, 36, 33, 13, 19, 26Bucks-Bulls · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.8 27.7 last 10 · 20.9 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.9 22.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Will BartonDEN+4.6 21.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Garrett TempleWAS+4.3 11.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Chris BoshMIA+4.1 23.0 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−6.6 22.7 last 10 · 29.3 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−5.3 5.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN−4.1 9.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Dion WaitersOKC−4.0 5.5 last 10 · 9.5 season