FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 23, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 4 after three quarters and won 120–112.

Final
MIA124
BKN128
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +14; Q4 BKN +4
Final
PHI114
DET110
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +4
Final
NOP110
MIN120
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +10
Final
LAL101
CHI90
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +30; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +11
Final
HOU133
DAL108
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +25
Final · 2OT
DEN120
PHX112
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN 0; OT2 DEN +8
Final
GSW108
UTA127
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +30; Q3 UTA +36; Q4 UTA +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 23, 2020: 3 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs DAL), 47 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHX

Denver flips a halftime deficit, wins in double overtime

Phoenix led 61–58 at the break. Tied 98–98 after regulation, Denver won the extra time 14–6. Final: 120–112. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 29 points, 22 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-2-3-400+8DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
DEN28301525814120
PHX3031162186112
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 15, 22, 23, 23, 35, 27, 31, 29DEN29 PTS · 22 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 14, 9, 20, 17, 30, 5, 18, 26DEN26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 12, 11, 15, 14, 16, 13, 11, 21PHX21 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 21, 6, 10, 2, 5, 11, 8, 21PHX21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Dallas by 25, the widest margin of 7 games.

BKN over MIA4PHI over DET4DEN over PHX8MIN over NOP10LAL over CHI11UTA over GSW19HOU over DAL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 9 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Bam Adebayo leads the day with 41

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.
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 20, 15, 9, 28, 28, 14, 14, 41MIA @ BKN · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury NJN, Nov 11, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 23, 27, 19, 18, 17, 17, 18, 37LAL @ CHI · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 38, 20, 24, 45, 9, 42, 38, 33PHI @ DET · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 20, 5, 4, 13, 21, 22, 20, 33HOU @ DAL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 28, 36, 34, 26, 42, 30, 38, 31BKN vs MIA · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 24, 17, 22, 20, 22, 17, 23, 30NOP @ MIN · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST