FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 1, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 6 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final
MEM108
CHA93
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +15
Final
MIA83
DAL93
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +10
Final
BOS93
DET96
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +3
Final
ATL114
BKN96
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +18
Final
CHI96
MIL126
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +22; Q3 MIL +21; Q4 MIL +30
Final
WAS130
MIN109
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +29; Q4 WAS +21
Final
LAL109
SAS103
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +6
Final
PHX106
DEN103
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +3
Final
LAC100
UTA106
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +6
Final
POR123
GSW98
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +25
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 · 2019–20Jan 1, 2020: 4 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs MIN), 32 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAS

Anthony Davis scores 34 as Lakers win in San Antonio

Final: 109–103. Anthony Davis made 13 of 26 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-6+1-4+6LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25332328109
SAS31262818103
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 5 games: 18, 28, 13, 20, 34LAL34 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 6 games: 22, 22, 18, 29, 26, 26LAL26 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 5 games: 16, 12, 14, 7, 26SAS26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 5 games: 28, 27, 8, 23, 23SAS23 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Second story · BOS @ DET

Detroit leads Boston wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 96–93. Best quarter: the second, 28–28. Jerami Grant led Detroit with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over BOS3PHX over DEN3LAL over SAS6UTA over LAC6DAL over MIA10MEM over CHA15ATL over BKN18WAS over MIN21POR over GSW25MIL over CHI30Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−23.5minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
28.22019–20 avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 2019–20 (58 games). Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−11.6points, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
19.92019–20 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 points a game over his last three games, against 19.9 in 2019–20 (58 games). Today: 2 points in 27 minutes.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 34

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 5 games: 18, 28, 13, 20, 34LAL @ SAS · W
22.6 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 9, 32, 31, 20, 34POR @ GSW · W
25.2 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 5 games: 18, 20, 20, 16, 33UTA vs LAC · W
21.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 6 games: 31, 39, 29, 29, 28, 31WAS @ MIN · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 4 games: 9, 23, 21, 31DEN vs PHX · L
21.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 6 games: 35, 15, 27, 9, 26, 29MIL vs CHI · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST