FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 12, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed DEN by 16 at halftime and won 122–116.

Final · OT
MIA134
PHI137
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final
DEN116
BKN122
Q1 BKN -8; Q2 BKN -16; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN +6
Final
UTA117
CLE87
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +28; Q4 UTA +30
Final
LAL117
HOU100
Q1 LAL +21; Q2 LAL +23; Q3 LAL +26; Q4 LAL +17
Final
SAS112
OKC102
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +10
Final
IND104
GSW95
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +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 · 2019–20Jan 12, 2020: 7 games. Top scorer: D'Angelo Russell (GSW @ MEM), 34 points.
The lead · DEN @ BKN

Kevin Durant drops 34 in 16-point comeback win over Denver

Denver led by 16 at the half. Final: 122–116.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-160+6BKN AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN35352026116
BKN27273632122
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 8 games: 22, 29, 29, 33, 28, 28, 36, 34BKN34 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 10, 8, 6, 24, 22, 43, 21, 20BKN20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 26, 17, 19, 35, 38, 15, 22, 23DEN23 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 7, 2, 8, 20, 8, 14, 5, 22DEN22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Cleveland by 30, the widest margin of 6 games.

PHI over MIA3BKN over DEN6IND over GSW9SAS over OKC10LAL over HOU17UTA over CLE30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 11 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 45

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 29, 21, 19, 14, 38, 20, 24, 45PHI vs MIA · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Davis NOP, Jan 14, 2019: 46 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Season high45 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 8 games: 22, 29, 29, 33, 28, 28, 36, 34BKN vs DEN · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 9 games: 13, 11, 23, 21, 11, 7, 8, 31, 34MIA @ PHI · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 3, 13, 13, 15, 9, 11, 2, 29PHI vs MIA · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 23, 15, 22, 31, 18, 32, 28, 27UTA @ CLE · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 26, 26, 22, 26, 27, 28, 18, 26LAL @ HOU · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST