FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 9, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 6 after the first quarter and won 125–122.

Final
DEN115
PHI103
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +12
Final
ATL105
CHA113
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +11; Q4 CHA +8
Final
PHX125
IND117
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MIA128
WAS124
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +4
Final
CLE90
MIL100
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +10
Final · OT
SAS125
MIN122
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +3
Final
ORL98
DAL112
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +14
Final
POR125
SAC99
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +26
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 9, 2020: 4 games. Top scorer: Tristan Thompson (CLE @ DET), 35 points.
The lead · SAS @ MIN

DeMar DeRozan scores 38 as San Antonio wins in Minnesota

Final: 125–122. DeMar DeRozan made 13 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6+2-20+3SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS2832233012125
MIN342427289122
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 9 games: 28, 27, 8, 23, 23, 19, 6, 19, 38SAS38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 9 games: 21, 11, 13, 29, 12, 4, 21, 18, 22SAS22 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 9 games: 23, 18, 8, 19, 21, 25, 15, 12, 29MIN29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 3 games: 22, 16, 25MIN25 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Second story · PHX @ IND

Phoenix beats Indiana, 125–117

Phoenix led 90–87 after three and won by 8. Mikal Bridges led Phoenix with 34 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over MIN3MIA over WAS4CHA over ATL8PHX over IND8MIL over CLE10DEN over PHI12DAL over ORL14POR over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 9 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 9 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+38.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tyrese Maxey 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.
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 6, 0, 10, 9, 11, 2, 16, 39PHI vs DEN · L
10.1 PPG season to date · +32.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 9 games: 28, 27, 8, 23, 23, 19, 6, 19, 38SAS @ MIN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 9 games: 23, 44, 20, 25, 28, 28, 26, 20, 37POR @ SAC · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 9 games: 12, 10, 18, 18, 18, 13, 30, 11, 36DAL vs ORL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 22, 13, 16, 14, 7, 13, 6, 34PHX @ IND · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 8 games: 13, 11, 23, 21, 11, 7, 8, 31MIA @ WAS · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST