FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 16, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed HOU by 9 after the first quarter and won 103–91.

Final
HOU91
SAS103
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +12
Final
ORL115
BKN122
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +7
Final
CHA113
TOR116
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +3
Final
PHI104
MEM106
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +2
Final
DET120
MIA100
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +20
Final
ATL106
POR112
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +6
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 16, 2020: 5 games. Top scorer: Brandon Ingram (NOP vs UTA), 49 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAS

San Antonio climbs back to beat Houston

Houston led by 9 after one. San Antonio won it 103–91. DeMar DeRozan led San Antonio with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-3+3+12SAS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3023191991
SAS21292528103
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 23, 23, 19, 6, 19, 38, 13, 24SAS24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 4, 21, 18, 22, 11, 16, 10, 18SAS18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 21, 20, 23, 22, 23, 18, 27, 24HOU24 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Mason JonesPoints, last 5 games: 2, 3, 5, 9, 24HOU24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 13 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
27.82019–20 avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 2019–20 (59 games). Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Detroit by 20.

MEM over PHI2TOR over CHA3POR over ATL6BKN over ORL7SAS over HOU12DET over MIA20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 42

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 29, 33, 28, 28, 36, 34, 26, 42BKN vs ORL · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 3, 2002: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Season high42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 32, 24, 39, 17, 23, 40, 22, 36POR vs ATL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 30, 23, 16, 22, 30, 28, 15, 34ORL @ BKN · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 9 games: 44, 34, 33, 21, 15, 15, 20, 16, 32BKN vs ORL · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James LAL, Feb 12, 2020: 32 PTS · 12 REB · 14 AST
32 PTS · 12 REB · 14 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 9 games: 25, 17, 12, 22, 19, 20, 15, 9, 28MIA vs DET · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shake MiltonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 7, 14, 18, 10, 19, 24, 31, 28PHI @ MEM · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST