FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 19, 2021Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
OKC101
DEN119
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +18
Final
NOP102
UTA118
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +16
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 19, 2020: 2 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs IND), 30 points.
The lead · NOP @ UTA

Utah extends win streak to 6

118–102 over New Orleans. Record: 10–4. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+6+22+16UTA AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP24252033102
UTA29263627118
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 31, 18, 32, 28, 27, 26, 18, 28UTA28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 12, 19, 26, 18, 21, 16, 23, 18UTA18 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 12, 21, 24, 29, 26, 21, 31, 32NOP32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 31, 31, 24, 17, 22, 20, 22, 17NOP17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · OKC @ DEN

Denver beats OKC, 119–101

Denver led 97–74 after three and won by 18. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs OKC
Nikola Jokic · DENLuguentz Dort · OKCPTS2720REB125AST63Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.6Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.6 in 11 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−4.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 12 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Zion Williamson leads the day with 32

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.
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 12, 21, 24, 29, 26, 21, 31, 32NOP @ UTA · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 31, 18, 32, 28, 27, 26, 18, 28UTA vs NOP · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 35, 38, 15, 22, 23, 23, 35, 27DEN vs OKC · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 12, 9, 5, 13, 12, 9, 21, 20OKC @ DEN · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 12, 19, 26, 18, 21, 16, 23, 18UTA vs NOP · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 31, 31, 24, 17, 22, 20, 22, 17NOP @ UTA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · −6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST