FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 29, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
IND105
CHA108
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +3
Final
ATL116
WAS100
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +16
Final
MIL126
NOP131
Q1 NOP +14; Q2 NOP +23; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +5
Final
CLE81
NYK102
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +21
Final
SAC126
TOR124
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +2
Final
PHI118
MIN94
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +24
Final
BKN147
OKC125
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +17; Q3 BKN +21; Q4 BKN +22
Final
LAC116
ORL90
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +26
Final
DEN109
SAS119
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +10
Final
DAL101
UTA120
Q1 UTA +25; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +26; 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 29, 2020: 6 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (HOU @ POR), 39 points.
The lead · SAC @ TOR

Sacramento holds off Toronto, 126–124

Sacramento led 104–91 after three and held on to win by two. Harrison Barnes led Sacramento with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+10+13+2SAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC36323622126
TOR24343333124
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 30, 11, 14, 7, 5, 21, 21, 26SAC26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 21, 29, 14, 43, 25, 22, 16, 24SAC24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 22, 15, 9, 19, 18, 15, 11, 32TOR32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 15, 6, 24, 13, 21, 25, 10, 26TOR26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · IND @ CHA

Charlotte leads Indiana wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 108–105. Best quarter: the first, 32–28. P.J. Washington led Charlotte with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over TOR2CHA over IND3NOP over MIL5SAS over DEN10ATL over WAS16UTA over DAL19NYK over CLE21BKN over OKC22PHI over MIN24LAC over ORL26Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.2Season avg37.6Last 5

37.6 points a game over his last five games, against 26.2 in 17 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.9Season avg21Today

21 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young 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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 4, 26, 20, 38, 43, 38, 28, 41ATL @ WAS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gary Payton SEA, Feb 15, 2000: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 22, 22, 31, 34, 25, 27, 24, 38MIL @ NOP · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 38, 20, 24, 45, 9, 42, 38, 33, 28, 37PHI @ MIN · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 23, 35, 27, 31, 29, 20, 21, 35DEN @ SAS · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 22, 15, 9, 19, 18, 15, 11, 32TOR vs SAC · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 17, 17, 11, 16, 14, 11, 6, 32UTA vs DAL · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jeff GreenBKN+3.2 11.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
DeAndre JordanBKN+2.4 8.9 last 10 · 6.5 season
Cole AnthonyORL+1.3 11.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
RJ BarrettNYK+1.2 19.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Nikola VucevicORL+0.9 23.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
Elfrid PaytonNYK−2.8 8.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Dennis SchroderLAL−1.3 12.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Julius RandleNYK−1.0 21.1 last 10 · 22.1 season
Khem BirchORL−0.8 6.3 last 10 · 7.1 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−0.7 9.1 last 10 · 9.8 season