FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 18, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Sixers89
Celtics80
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +9
Final · Box score
Magic103
Cavs104
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +20; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +1
Final · Box score
Wolves98
Rockets116
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +18
Final · Box score
Pacers86
Blazers100
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 Blazers 0; Q4 POR +14
On this day · 2016–17Jan 18, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Warriors-Thunder), 40 points.
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The lead · Magic-Cavs

Cleveland holds off Orlando, 104–103

Karl-Anthony Towns goes for 22 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+16+20+4+1CLE AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic20273323103
Cavs36311720104
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 6 games: 17, 19, 9, 4, 19, 21CLE21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 24, 19, 33, 10, 26, 27, 32, 16CLE16 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 17, 14, 20, 8, 6, 27, 6, 19ORL19 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 39, 20, 16, 30, 19, 11, 14, 14, 17ORL17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Sixers-Celtics

Philadelphia leads Boston wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 89–80. Best quarter: the third, 32–21. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 26 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over ORL1PHI over BOS9POR over IND14HOU over MIN18Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over BOS.
Lead changes
Pacers-Blazers13
Sixers-Celtics5
Wolves-Rockets5
The night in charts
Wolves-Rockets combined for 214, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-RocketsWolves 98, Rockets 116
214
Magic-CavsMagic 103, Cavs 104
207
Pacers-BlazersPacers 86, Blazers 100
186
Sixers-CelticsSixers 89, Celtics 80
169
CLE won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Magic-CavsMagic 103, Cavs 104
+1 CLE
Sixers-CelticsSixers 89, Celtics 80
+9 PHI
Pacers-BlazersPacers 86, Blazers 100
+14 POR
Wolves-RocketsWolves 98, Rockets 116
+18 HOU
Collison shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CollisonIND · 23 PTS, 3 AST
64% (9-14)
Eric GordonHOU · 30 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
58% (11-19)
NurkicPOR · 19 PTS, 17 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
57% (8-14)
SmartBOS · 13 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
55% (6-11)
HilarioHOU · 12 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
55% (6-11)
Final · Magic-Cavs
Magic 103Cavs 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic20273323103
Cavs36311720104
The story
Isaiah Thomas had 21 points as Cleveland beat Orlando 104-103

Jonathon Simmons led Orlando with 16 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 21 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 6-15 FG, 3-10 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the first 36-20, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +16+20+4+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Celtics
Sixers 89Celtics 80
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2118321889
Celtics1913212780
The story
Philadelphia beat Boston 89-80 behind 26 points and 16 rebounds from Joel Embiid

Al Horford paced Boston: 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 16 REB, 6 AST · 10-19 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 32-21 third quarter did the most damage for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +2+7+18+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Rockets
Wolves 98Rockets 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves1733202898
Rockets26372627116
The story
Chris Paul's 19 points and 9 assists carried Houston past Minnesota, 116-98

For Minnesota, Jimmy Butler had 23 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB, 3 STL · 6-12 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 26-17, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +9+13+19+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 7 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg23.2Today

23 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Eric Gordon leads the day with 30

Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 17, 30, 15, 24, 30, 14, 19, 30Rockets-Wolves · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 34, 14, 25, 29, 22, 21, 23, 15, 34, 26Sixers-Celtics · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 17, 25, 14, 29, 23, 21, 31, 26Blazers-Pacers · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 13, 23, 15, 26, 19, 17, 28, 23Pacers-Blazers · L
24.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 14, 21, 21, 26, 13, 24, 28, 23Wolves-Rockets · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 5, 17, 13, 11, 7, 22, 19, 6, 23Pacers-Blazers · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Lou WilliamsLAC+7.8 31.0 last 10 · 23.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP+4.2 30.9 last 10 · 26.7 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.0 23.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Reggie BullockDET+4.0 11.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC+3.9 16.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Robert CovingtonPHI−5.2 8.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jonathon SimmonsORL−5.0 8.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−3.8 12.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.8 23.2 last 10 · 27.0 season