FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 7, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed DEN by 9 at halftime and won 124–117.

Final
PHI109
BKN122
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +14; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +13
Final
CLE94
MEM90
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +4
Final · OT
DAL124
DEN117
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +7
Final
SAS118
LAL109
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +9
Final
MIN117
POR135
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +31; Q4 POR +18
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 7, 2020: 6 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs SAC), 34 points.
The lead · DAL @ DEN

Luka Doncic scores 38, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 109–109 after regulation. Final: 124–117. Nikola Jokic scored 38 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-9-20+7DAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL2221333315124
DEN282426318117
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 7 games: 32, 27, 24, 12, 27, 33, 38DAL38 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Dorian Finney-SmithPoints, last 8 games: 11, 10, 8, 5, 12, 5, 9, 14DAL14 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 8 games: 29, 24, 19, 26, 17, 19, 35, 38DEN38 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 7 games: 9, 23, 21, 31, 36, 13, 21DEN21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · CLE @ MEM

Memphis's skid reaches three

Cleveland won 94–90; the Grizzlies fall to 2–6. Andre Drummond led Cleveland with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
Lvs SAS119–131Lvs ATL112–122W@ BKN116–111L@ BOS107–126W@ CHA108–93Lvs LAL94–108Lvs LAL92–94Lvs CLE90–94MEM: last 8 games through Jan 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 8 games: 9, 32, 31, 20, 34, 32, 24, 39POR vs MIN · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 7 games: 32, 27, 24, 12, 27, 33, 38DAL @ DEN · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 8 games: 29, 24, 19, 26, 17, 19, 35, 38DEN vs DAL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Joe HarrisPoints, last 9 games: 10, 9, 13, 14, 23, 12, 16, 10, 28BKN vs PHI · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 20, 12, 4, 14, 28SAS @ LAL · W
15.6 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 22, 22, 18, 29, 26, 26, 22, 26, 27LAL vs SAS · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST