FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 21, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NOP by 12 after the first quarter and won 129–118.

Final
LAL113
MIL106
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +7
Final
NYK119
GSW104
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +15
Final
NOP118
UTA129
Q1 UTA -12; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
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 21, 2020: 1 game. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs LAC), 36 points.
The lead · NOP @ UTA

Donovan Mitchell scores 36, Utah rallies past New Orleans

Utah trailed by 12 after one and won 129–118.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-12+1+8+11UTA AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP43262326118
UTA31393029129
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 18, 32, 28, 27, 26, 18, 28, 36UTA36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 9, 17, 22, 12, 15, 14, 6, 20UTA20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 24, 29, 26, 21, 31, 32, 27NOP27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 31, 24, 17, 22, 20, 22, 17, 23NOP23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ MIL

Lakers handle Milwaukee by 7

The Lakers won the second quarter 34–24. Final: 113–106. LeBron James led Lakers with 34 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over MIL7UTA over NOP11NYK over GSW15Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 11 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 15 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Rebounding up
+3.5rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
5.5Season avg9.0Last 5

9.0 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 22 minutes.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 36

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 18, 32, 28, 27, 26, 18, 28, 36UTA vs NOP · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 27, 28, 18, 26, 26, 21, 19, 34LAL @ MIL · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 62, 30, 13, 38, 11, 20, 35, 26, 26, 30GSW vs NYK · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 19, 9, 11, 20, 20, 19, 22, 28NYK @ GSW · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 24, 29, 26, 21, 31, 32, 27NOP @ UTA · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 43, 25, 35, 22, 22, 31, 34, 25MIL vs LAL · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST