FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 24, 2019Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAL by 3 at halftime and won 120–105.

Final · Box score
Pelicans116
Thunder122
Q1 Thunder 0; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +6
Final · Box score
Warriors126
Wizards118
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +8
Final · Box score
Blazers120
Suns106
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +14
Final · Box score
Wolves120
Lakers105
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +15
On this day · 2017–18Jan 24, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Wolves), 31 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Lakers

Lakers' skid reaches three

Russell Westbrook posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-3+2+15MIN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves28302636120
Lakers29322123105
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 20, 30, 27, 13, 23, 30, 25, 27MIN27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 40, 17, 18, 12, 17, 10, 17, 23MIN23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 10, 15, 22, 16, 8, 21, 17, 20LAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 2, 6, 2, 0, 8, 2, 15, 15LAL15 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Lead changes
Pelicans-Thunder12
Wolves-Lakers10
Blazers-Suns7
Warriors-Wizards6
The night in charts
Warriors-Wizards combined for 244, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-WizardsWarriors 126, Wizards 118
244
Pelicans-ThunderPelicans 116, Thunder 122
238
Blazers-SunsBlazers 120, Suns 106
226
Wolves-LakersWolves 120, Lakers 105
225
OKC won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Pelicans-ThunderPelicans 116, Thunder 122
+6 OKC
Warriors-WizardsWarriors 126, Wizards 118
+8 GSW
Blazers-SunsBlazers 120, Suns 106
+14 POR
Wolves-LakersWolves 120, Lakers 105
+15 MIN
MIN rallied from 3 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wolves-LakersMIN won · Wolves 120, Lakers 105
3 pts
Blazers-SunsPOR won · Blazers 120, Suns 106
1 pt
Okafor shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
OkaforNOP · 18 PTS, 8 REB
75% (9-12)
AdamsOKC · 20 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
CousinsGSW · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
SatoranskyWAS · 20 PTS, 10 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
62% (8-13)
LaymanPOR · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
60% (9-15)
Final · Pelicans-Thunder
Pelicans 116Thunder 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans28252934116
Thunder28373324122
The story
Paul George had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Oklahoma City beat New Orleans 122-116

Elfrid Payton led New Orleans with 15 PTS, 12 AST, 4 REB 23 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 8-18 FG, 6-10 3PT

The swing

The Thunder won the second 37-25, their biggest quarter edge.

OKC lead by quarter
200 0+12+16+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Suns
Blazers 120Suns 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers30263232120
Suns31212430106
The story
Portland beat Phoenix 120-106 behind 24 points from Damian Lillard

Dragan Bender paced Phoenix: 17 PTS, 3 REB 24 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 7-16 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 32-24 third quarter did the most damage for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −1+4+12+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kelly Oubre Jr. topped the game at 49.2 FPTS: 18 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB

Final · Wolves-Lakers
Wolves 120Lakers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves28302636120
Lakers29322123105
The story
Karl-Anthony Towns' 27 points and 12 rebounds carried Minnesota past Los Angeles, 120-105

For Los Angeles, Rajon Rondo had 15 PTS, 13 AST, 6 REB 27 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST · 10-18 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 36-23, was where the Timberwolves built it.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −1−3+2+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
36.22017–18 avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 2017–18 (48 games). Today: 17 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Blazers-Suns

Portland gets past Phoenix

120–106, with Portland ahead 56–52 at halftime. Damian Lillard led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over NOP6GSW over WAS8POR over PHX14MIN over LAL15Final margin, points. Pink = POR over PHX.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 38

Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 42, 14, 28, 48, 31, 41, 28, 11, 38Warriors-Wizards · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 20, 30, 27, 13, 23, 30, 25, 27Wolves-Lakers · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 4, 2, 17, 20, 23, 12, 20, 27Wizards-Warriors · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 23, 7, 8, 30, 32, 18, 14, 27Suns-Blazers · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 20, 26, 35, 33, 24, 26, 34, 24Blazers-Suns · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 24, 31, 26, 21, 17, 29, 23Thunder-Pelicans · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James LAL, Aug 18, 2020: 23 PTS · 17 REB · 16 AST
23 PTS · 17 REB · 16 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
James HardenHOU+9.1 45.4 last 10 · 36.3 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+8.0 30.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Terrance FergusonOKC+5.8 12.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.7 25.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Cold
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.8 2.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.1 16.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Rodney McGruderMIA−4.8 4.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Jabari ParkerCHI−4.6 10.0 last 10 · 14.6 season