FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 3, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed ATL by 13 after the first quarter and won 109–106.

Final
ATL106
BOS109
Q1 BOS -13; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +3
Final
MIA85
ORL105
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +20
Final
POR122
WAS103
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +19
Final
PHI108
HOU118
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +10
Final
NYK112
PHX120
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -10; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +8
Final
NOP113
LAL123
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2018–19Jan 3, 2019: 3 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ GSW), 44 points.
The lead · ATL @ BOS

Boston fights back from 13 down against Atlanta

Final: 109–106, after trailing by 13 after one. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-2+2+3BOS AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL32232526106
BOS19342927109
Who led
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 8, 26, 26, 16, 30, 34, 17, 24BOS24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 9, 19, 14, 7, 13, 21, 18BOS18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 23, 30, 42, 30, 47, 30, 12, 28ATL28 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Kevin HuerterPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 14, 17, 9, 19, 12, 6, 19, 17ATL17 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · NYK @ PHX

Phoenix turns it around against New York

From 10 down at the half to an 8-point win: 120–112. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 38 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs NYK
Devin Booker · PHXMarcus Morris · NYKPTS3825REB33AST72Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 17 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 46

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 27, 36, 32, 24, 20, 23, 26, 46LAL vs NOP · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Jan 10, 2000: 46 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
46 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 54, 39, 28, 28, 47, 34, 24, 44, 35, 44HOU vs PHI · W
38.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Apr 6, 2018: 44 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
44 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 18, 19, 11, 34, 32, 33, 32, 38PHX vs NYK · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jordan McRaePoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 13, 8, 10, 15, 20, 29, 15, 35WAS vs POR · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +23.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 36, 29, 18, 34, 31, 33, 11, 35POR @ WAS · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 12, 15, 16, 14, 15, 10, 16, 30HOU vs PHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Joe InglesUTA+6.5 16.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+5.2 28.0 last 10 · 22.8 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.2 22.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Davis BertansWAS+3.9 19.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−6.5 7.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Buddy HieldSAC−4.0 16.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−3.7 15.4 last 10 · 19.1 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−3.6 11.3 last 10 · 14.9 season