FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 4, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed TOR by 9 after the first quarter and won 126–114.

Final
CLE83
ORL103
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +20
Final
CHA101
PHI118
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +17
Final
NYK113
ATL108
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +5
Final
OKC90
MIA118
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +25; Q4 MIA +28
Final
BOS126
TOR114
Q1 BOS -9; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +12
Final
DAL113
HOU100
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +13
Final
DET115
MIL125
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +10
Final · OT
IND118
NOP116
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
SAC106
GSW137
Q1 GSW +17; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +31
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 4, 2020: 11 games. Top scorer: Trae Young (ATL vs IND), 41 points.
The lead · BOS @ TOR

Jayson Tatum scores 40 as Boston beats Toronto

Boston won 126–114. Jayson Tatum: 40 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists. Fred VanVleet scored 35 for Toronto in the loss.

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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+15+19+12BOS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS23383926126
TOR32143533114
Who led
Jayson TatumPoints, last 8 games: 30, 20, 25, 27, 16, 28, 24, 40BOS40 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 8 games: 3, 7, 13, 10, 8, 0, 5, 23BOS23 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 6 games: 9, 27, 8, 25, 27, 35TOR35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 5 games: 20, 16, 20, 10, 22TOR22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
5.42019–20 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 points a game over his last two games, against 5.4 in 2019–20 (34 games). Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
22.52019–20 avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 2019–20 (56 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 26.3 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Sacramento by 31, the widest margin of 9 games.

IND over NOP2NYK over ATL5MIL over DET10BOS over TOR12DAL over HOU13PHI over CHA17ORL over CLE20MIA over OKC28GSW over SAC31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 43

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 7 games: 35, 15, 27, 9, 26, 29, 43MIL vs DET · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd PHX, Mar 29, 2001: 43 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Season high43 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 8 games: 30, 20, 25, 27, 16, 28, 24, 40BOS @ TOR · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Dec 10, 2009: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 6 games: 9, 27, 8, 25, 27, 35TOR vs BOS · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 6 games: 32, 27, 24, 12, 27, 33DAL @ HOU · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Feb 1, 2022: 33 PTS · 15 REB · 11 AST
Season high33 PTS · 16 REB · 11 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 7 games: 37, 36, 29, 30, 21, 16, 31ATL vs NYK · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 7 games: 24, 28, 28, 13, 20, 31, 31NOP vs IND · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST