FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 8, 2020Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed DAL by 5 after the first quarter and won 107–106.

Final
SAS129
BOS114
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +15
Final · OT
TOR112
CHA110
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final
MIA122
IND108
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +28; Q4 MIA +14
Final
WAS89
ORL123
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +34
Final
HOU122
ATL115
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +7
Final
DEN107
DAL106
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +1
Final
CHI108
NOP123
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP +17; Q4 NOP +15
Final
NYK104
UTA128
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +24
Final
MIL107
GSW98
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +9
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 8, 2019: 8 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs NYK), 43 points.
The lead · DEN @ DAL

Nikola Jokic scores 33 in Denver win over Dallas

Final: 107–106. Nikola Jokic added 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-3-3+1DEN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN27293021107
DAL32273017106
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 23, 31, 17, 21, 22, 14, 47, 33DEN33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 17, 12, 18, 4, 8, 7, 6, 15DEN15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 41, 2, 24, 31, 19, 35, 31, 39, 38, 27DAL27 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Dwight PowellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 11, 10, 7, 11, 4, 11, 16, 16DAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · TOR @ CHA

Toronto needs overtime to survive Charlotte

Tied 100–100 after regulation. Toronto won the final period 12–10 for a 112–110 win. Terence Davis led Toronto with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · TOR vs CHA
Terence Davis · TORTerry Rozier · CHAPTS2327REB110AST53Top 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
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 42

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: 30, 42, 30, 47, 30, 12, 28, 41, 29, 42ATL vs HOU · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Nov 12, 2022: 42 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
42 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 39, 28, 28, 47, 34, 24, 44, 35, 44, 41HOU @ ATL · W
38.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Webber WSB, Dec 27, 1995: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 23, 31, 17, 21, 22, 14, 47, 33DEN @ DAL · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 33, 26, 19, 19, 26, 35, 20, 32CHI @ NOP · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 26, 21, 29, 24, 30, 26, 25, 31SAS @ BOS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 48, 34, 22, 18, 18, 23, 32, 32, 24, 30MIL @ GSW · W
30.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 4 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
Nikola JokicDEN+5.5 24.8 last 10 · 19.3 season
Terry RozierCHA+5.4 23.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.3 15.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Troy Brown Jr.WAS+5.1 15.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−6.9 6.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−3.8 3.0 last 10 · 6.8 season
Dario SaricPHX−3.8 6.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Al HorfordPHI−3.3 9.0 last 10 · 12.3 season