FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 20, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIN by 16 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final · 2OT
BKN135
CLE147
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE 0; OT2 CLE +12
Final
DAL124
IND112
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +12
Final
BOS109
PHI117
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +8
Final · OT
DET115
ATL123
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL -14; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +8
Final
MIA111
TOR102
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +9
Final
ORL97
MIN96
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -16; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +1
Final
PHX109
HOU103
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +6
Final
SAS99
GSW121
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +22
Final
SAC96
LAC115
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +19
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 20, 2020: 14 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs GSW), 61 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIN

Orlando storms back from 16 down to beat Minnesota

The Magic trailed by 16 at the half and won 97–96. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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+4-16-9+1ORL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2510332997
MIN2130261996
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 16, 22, 30, 28, 15, 34, 24, 28ORL28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 6 games: 25, 13, 19, 14, 3, 24ORL24 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 18, 33, 26, 16, 27, 25, 31, 19MIN19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 13, 2, 13, 16, 11, 9, 9, 14MIN14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 9 games went past regulation.

ORL over MIN1PHX over HOU6PHI over BOS8ATL over DET8MIA over TOR9CLE over BKN12DAL over IND12LAC over SAC19GSW over SAS22Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 22.5 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid 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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 19, 14, 38, 20, 24, 45, 9, 42PHI vs BOS · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Finley DAL, Nov 27, 2002: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
42 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 9 games: 27, 32, 22, 20, 28, 27, 24, 21, 42CLE vs BKN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Oct 30, 2023: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Career high42 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 28, 28, 36, 34, 26, 42, 30, 38BKN @ CLE · L
31.2 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 31, 7, 15, 26, 4, 26, 20, 38ATL vs DET · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 8 games: 26, 37, 25, 25, 18, 30, 29, 37BKN @ CLE · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 24, 31, 31, 28, 22, 24, 27, 32DET @ ATL · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST