FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 22, 2021Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 14 at halftime and won 130–126.

Final
CHI123
CHA110
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +13
Final
HOU103
DET102
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +1
Final · OT
ORL118
IND120
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
BKN113
CLE125
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +12
Final
BOS110
PHI122
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +12
Final
MIA81
TOR101
Q1 TOR +17; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +20
Final
ATL116
MIN98
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +25; Q4 ATL +18
Final
DAL122
SAS117
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +5
Final
OKC106
LAC120
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +14
Final · OT
DEN130
PHX126
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -14; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +4
Final
NYK94
SAC103
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +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 22, 2020: 12 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN @ CHI), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHX

Nikola Jokic scores 31, Denver wins in overtime

Tied 114–114 after regulation. Final: 130–126.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-14-40+4DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN2529372316130
PHX3434271912126
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 38, 15, 22, 23, 23, 35, 27, 31DEN31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 2, 10, 15, 21, 14, 8, 11, 19DEN19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 25, 24, 23, 25, 33, 12, 24, 31PHX31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 22, 24, 11, 14, 8, 8, 18, 26, 27PHX27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 8 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
29.62019–20 avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 2019–20 (62 games). Today: 10 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Raptors rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Miami by 20.

HOU over DET1IND over ORL2DEN over PHX4DAL over SAS5SAC over NYK9CLE over BKN12PHI over BOS12CHI over CHA13LAC over OKC14ATL over MIN18TOR over MIA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 43

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 7, 15, 26, 4, 26, 20, 38, 43ATL @ MIN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 20, 2008: 43 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Season high43 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 42, 25, 31, 19, 21, 27, 21, 25, 26, 42BOS @ PHI · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, May 10, 1997: 42 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Ties career high42 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 14, 38, 20, 24, 45, 9, 42, 38PHI vs BOS · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 9 games: 26, 37, 25, 25, 18, 30, 29, 37, 38BKN @ CLE · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 38, 20, 34, 28, 36, 15, 13, 36DAL @ SAS · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 18, 44, 26, 13, 34, 16, 25, 34CHA vs CHI · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST