FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 4, 2020Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed BKN by 9 after the first quarter and won 121–102.

Final
MEM140
LAC114
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +26
Final
TOR121
BKN102
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +19
Final
UTA109
ORL96
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +13
Final
IND111
ATL116
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +5
Final
OKC121
CLE106
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +15
Final
BOS111
CHI104
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +7
Final
DEN114
WAS128
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +14
Final · OT
CHA123
DAL120
Q1 CHA +12; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +3
Final
DET111
GSW104
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +7
Final
SAS118
MIL127
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +9
Final
NOP117
SAC115
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP -4; Q4 NOP +2
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 4, 2019: 10 games. Top scorer: Paul George (OKC @ POR), 37 points.
The lead · TOR @ BKN

Toronto rallies from 9 down to beat Brooklyn

Trailing by 9 after one, Toronto outscored the Nets 97–69 the rest of the way. Final: 121–102. Fred VanVleet led Toronto with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-4+3+19TOR AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR24243538121
BKN33192822102
Who led
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 2, 18, 10, 21, 27, 18, 20, 12, 7, 29TOR29 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 32, 30, 14, 30, 20, 24, 15, 26TOR26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 31, 41, 39, 25, 17, 36, 19, 23BKN23 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Joe HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 24, 9, 18, 8, 12, 19, 11, 18BKN18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat Clippers by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

NOP over SAC2CHA over DAL3ATL over IND5BOS over CHI7DET over GSW7MIL over SAS9UTA over ORL13WAS over DEN14OKC over CLE15TOR over BKN19MEM over LAC26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 41

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 30, 42, 30, 47, 30, 12, 28, 41ATL vs IND · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Eric Bledsoe PHX, Feb 1, 2017: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 41, 2, 24, 31, 19, 35, 31, 39DAL vs CHA · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 17, 2017: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
39 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 6, 28, 8, 15, 13, 12, 22, 39DEN @ WAS · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 12, 31, 39, 24, 33, 26, 19, 19, 26, 35CHI vs BOS · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Ish SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 0, 17, 9, 13, 19, 10, 16, 32WAS vs DEN · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 30, 20, 13, 35, 30, 23, 17, 32UTA @ ORL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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+5.2 15.4 last 10 · 10.2 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+5.0 27.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Troy Brown Jr.WAS+4.3 14.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.3 22.8 last 10 · 18.5 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−7.1 7.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Jordan PooleGSW−4.8 2.2 last 10 · 7.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
Buddy HieldSAC−3.6 16.9 last 10 · 20.5 season
Al HorfordPHI−3.5 8.7 last 10 · 12.2 season