FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 7, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ATL by 11 after the first quarter and won 119–101.

Final · Box score
Clippers92
Pacers116
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +18; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +24
Final · Box score
Wolves112
Magic122
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +10
Final · Box score
Raptors119
Hawks101
Q1 TOR -11; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +18
Final · Box score
Lakers129
Celtics128
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -9; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +1
Final · Box score
Grizzlies95
Thunder117
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +22
Final · Box score
Spurs118
Blazers127
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +9
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The lead · Raptors-Hawks

Pascal Siakam scores 33 as Toronto wins in Atlanta

LeBron James posts a triple-double

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-8+3+18TOR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors22382831119
Hawks33351716101
Who led
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 18, 16, 22, 14, 28, 15, 16, 33TOR33 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 19, 14, 8, 13, 10, 9, 3, 30TOR30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 5, 30, 26, 23, 28, 27, 10, 19ATL19 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 15, 11, 9, 11, 9, 9, 21, 19ATL19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Lakers-Celtics

Lakers climb back to beat Boston

Boston led by 9 at the half. Lakers won it 129–128. LeBron James led Lakers with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Celtics
LeBron James · LALKyrie Irving · BOSPTS2824REB127AST128Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Clippers-Pacers9
Raptors-Hawks8
Lakers-Celtics8
Grizzlies-Thunder8
Spurs-Blazers7
Shot of the night

Rondo's jumper at the buzzer puts the Lakers ahead, 129-128 final

The night in charts
Lakers-Celtics combined for 257, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-CelticsLakers 129, Celtics 128
257
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 118, Blazers 127
245
Wolves-MagicWolves 112, Magic 122
234
Raptors-HawksRaptors 119, Hawks 101
220
Grizzlies-ThunderGrizzlies 95, Thunder 117
212
Clippers-PacersClippers 92, Pacers 116
208
LAL won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Lakers-CelticsLakers 129, Celtics 128
+1 LAL
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 118, Blazers 127
+9 POR
Wolves-MagicWolves 112, Magic 122
+10 ORL
Raptors-HawksRaptors 119, Hawks 101
+18 TOR
Grizzlies-ThunderGrizzlies 95, Thunder 117
+22 OKC
Clippers-PacersClippers 92, Pacers 116
+24 IND
TOR erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Raptors-HawksTOR won · Raptors 119, Hawks 101
11 pts
Lakers-CelticsLAL won · Lakers 129, Celtics 128
9 pts
Grizzlies-ThunderOKC won · Grizzlies 95, Thunder 117
5 pts
Spurs-BlazersPOR won · Spurs 118, Blazers 127
3 pts
Theis shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
TheisBOS · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
82% (9-11)
KATMIN · 27 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST
75% (12-16)
Jerami GrantOKC · 20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
Jaylen BrownBOS · 18 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
HarrellLAC · 19 PTS, 4 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK
69% (9-13)
Final · Lakers-Celtics
Lakers 129Celtics 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers24334230129
Celtics30362735128
The story
Kyle Kuzma had 25 points as Los Angeles beat Boston 129-128

Jayson Tatum led Boston with 22 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST 25 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 10-21 FG, 5-8 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the second, the Lakers took the third 42-27.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −6−9+6+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Hawks
Raptors 119Hawks 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors22382831119
Hawks33351716101
The story
Toronto beat Atlanta 119-101 behind 30 points from Fred VanVleet

Trae Young paced Atlanta: 19 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST 30 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 11-22 FG, 4-11 3PT

The swing

A 31-16 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
200 −11−8+3+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Thunder
Grizzlies 95Thunder 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies3221192395
Thunder27243234117
The story
Russell Westbrook's a 15-13-15 triple-double carried Oklahoma City past Memphis, 117-95

For Memphis, Jaren Jackson Jr. had 27 PTS, 7 REB 15 PTS, 15 AST, 13 REB, 4 STL · 5-16 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Thunder trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 32-19.

OKC lead by quarter
300 −5−2+11+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.0Season avg36.6Last 5

36.6 points a game over his last five games, against 28.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg29.3Today

29 minutes today, against 5.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 35

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 14, 14, 8, 26, 15, 13, 24, 35Spurs-Blazers · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 18, 16, 22, 14, 28, 15, 16, 33Raptors-Hawks · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 9, 16, 15, 16, 30, 7, 26, 32Magic-Wolves · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 20, 14, 31, 20, 28, 30, 33, 30Blazers-Spurs · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 19, 14, 8, 13, 10, 9, 3, 30Raptors-Hawks · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 21, 15, 12, 21, 31, 14, 24, 29Pacers-Clippers · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Josh JacksonPHX+6.7 17.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+6.0 17.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.0 34.0 last 10 · 28.0 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.8 25.6 last 10 · 19.8 season
Terrance FergusonOKC+4.9 11.5 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.9 2.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.0 2.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−4.6 14.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Josh HartLAL−3.7 4.8 last 10 · 8.5 season