FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 4, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DEN by 12 at halftime and won 114–93.

Final
UTA112
ATL91
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +21
Final
GSW147
DAL116
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +31
Final
POR121
PHI105
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +16
Final
HOU115
MEM103
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +12
Final
DEN93
LAL114
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -12; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +21
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 · 2019–20Feb 4, 2020: 4 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs CHA), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAL

LeBron James posts 27-10-10 as Lakers top Denver

A triple-double in a 114–93 win.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-12+8+21LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3028171893
LAL27193731114
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 34, 17, 46, 34, 22, 21, 21, 27LAL27 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 4, 9, 10, 16, 10, 12, 16, 21LAL21 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 5, 18, 26, 16, 14, 20, 16, 20DEN20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Monte MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 15, 17, 13, 8, 4, 10, 6, 16DEN16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · GSW @ DAL

Golden State rolls past Dallas, 147–116

The Mavericks were held to 20 points in the third quarter. Kelly Oubre Jr. led Golden State with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MEM12POR over PHI16UTA over ATL21LAL over DEN21GSW over DAL31Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kelly Oubre Jr. leads the day with 40

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.
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 23, 16, 7, 5, 14, 20, 4, 18, 12, 40GSW @ DAL · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +28.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan WAS, Jan 24, 2002: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Career high40 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 24, 45, 9, 42, 38, 33, 28, 37, 34, 37PHI vs POR · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 30, 24, 36, 16, 27, 28, 38, 28GSW @ DAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 34, 17, 46, 34, 22, 21, 21, 27LAL vs DEN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd DAL, Apr 16, 2008: 27 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 36, 26, 35, 30, 25, 29, 25, 27, 27DAL vs GSW · L
27.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 27, 21, 16, 18, 11, 19, 24, 25DAL vs GSW · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
De'Aaron FoxSAC+4.4 26.7 last 10 · 22.3 season
Jeff GreenBKN+3.7 12.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Devonte' GrahamCHA+3.4 17.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
Damian LillardPOR+3.1 32.3 last 10 · 29.2 season
Chris PaulPHX+3.1 19.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Lonnie Walker IVSAS−3.6 7.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Coby WhiteCHI−2.8 12.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Chris BoucherTOR−2.5 10.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Elfrid PaytonNYK−2.5 9.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Bismack BiyomboCHA−2.0 4.2 last 10 · 6.2 season