FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 27, 2021Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed PHX by 15 after the first quarter and won 102–97.

Final
IND116
CHA106
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +10
Final
DET107
CLE122
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +15
Final
SAC121
ORL107
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +14
Final · OT
BKN132
ATL128
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN -4; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +4
Final
DEN109
MIA82
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +25; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +27
Final
LAL106
PHI107
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +1
Final
MIL115
TOR108
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +7
Final
BOS106
SAS110
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +4
Final
WAS106
NOP124
Q1 NOP +17; Q2 NOP +19; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +18
Final
OKC102
PHX97
Q1 OKC -15; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +5
Final
DAL104
UTA116
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +21; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +12
Final
MIN111
GSW123
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +12
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 27, 2020: 6 games. Top scorer: Eric Gordon (HOU @ UTA), 50 points.
The lead · OKC @ PHX

OKC storms back from 15 down to beat Phoenix

The Thunder trailed by 15 after one and won 102–97. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-15+3+2+5OKC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC17282829102
PHX3210292697
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 20, 17, 33, 14, 30, 23, 24, 21OKC21 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 17, 12, 2, 8, 15, 22, 10, 21OKC21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 11, 15, 14, 16, 13, 11, 21, 32PHX32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 6, 10, 2, 5, 11, 8, 21, 17PHX17 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 27.

PHI over LAL1BKN over ATL4SAS over BOS4OKC over PHX5MIL over TOR7IND over CHA10UTA over DAL12GSW over MIN12SAC over ORL14CLE over DET15NOP over WAS18DEN over MIA27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
11.8Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 11 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
8.92019–20 avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 2019–20 (29 games). Line: 4 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 47

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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 31, 27, 60, 41, 34, 31, 33, 47WAS @ NOP · L
35.4 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 25, 2002: 47 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
47 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 26, 26, 21, 19, 34, 17, 46, 34LAL @ PHI · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 17, 22, 20, 22, 17, 23, 30, 32NOP vs WAS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 11, 15, 14, 16, 13, 11, 21, 32PHX vs OKC · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 34, 26, 42, 30, 38, 31, 20, 32BKN @ ATL · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 29, 26, 21, 31, 32, 27, 19, 32NOP vs WAS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST