FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 6, 2021Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed TOR by 6 after the first quarter and won 132–121.

Final
POR99
NYK110
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +11
Final
DEN114
SAC119
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +5
Final
CHI118
ORL92
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +31; Q4 CHI +26
Final
TOR121
ATL132
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +11
Final
MIL124
CLE99
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +25
Final
SAS111
HOU106
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +5
Final
MIN118
OKC120
Q1 OKC +19; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +2
Final
BKN108
PHI124
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +16
Final
GSW132
DAL134
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +2
Final
MEM109
NOP118
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP -1; Q4 NOP +9
Final · 2OT
DET129
LAL135
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +6
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 6, 2020: 5 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (HOU @ LAL), 41 points.
The lead · TOR @ ATL

Atlanta beats Toronto, 132–121

Atlanta led 101–94 after three and won by 11. Trae Young led Atlanta with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 13 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+3+7+11ATL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR34293127121
ATL28383531132
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 38, 43, 38, 28, 41, 25, 21, 28ATL28 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 13, 13, 9, 13, 16, 10, 6, 23ATL23 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoucherPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 12, 9, 10, 4, 9, 7, 17, 29TOR29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 21, 25, 10, 26, 9, 54, 11, 25TOR25 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Second story · POR @ NYK

New York handles Portland by 11

The Knicks won the second quarter 31–20. Final: 110–99. Julius Randle led New York with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over MIN2DAL over GSW2SAC over DEN5SAS over HOU5LAL over DET6NOP over MEM9NYK over POR11ATL over TOR11PHI over BKN16MIL over CLE25CHI over ORL26Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over POR.
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
28.2Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 28.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 57 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 57

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 24, 36, 16, 27, 28, 38, 28, 57GSW @ DAL · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +28.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kyrie Irving CLE, Mar 12, 2015: 57 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
57 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 31, 29, 20, 21, 35, 47, 13, 50DEN @ SAC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 5, 2008: 50 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Career high50 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 35, 30, 25, 29, 25, 27, 27, 42DAL vs GSW · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Mar 6, 2013: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Season high42 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 10, 33, 25, 21, 30, 26, 21, 24, 26, 39CHI @ ORL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 34, 17, 46, 34, 22, 21, 21, 27, 33LAL vs DET · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 45, 9, 42, 38, 33, 28, 37, 34, 37, 33PHI vs BKN · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 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
Norman PowellTOR+5.1 20.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Trae YoungATL+4.1 30.8 last 10 · 26.7 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+3.8 26.2 last 10 · 22.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN+3.6 30.8 last 10 · 27.2 season
Jeff GreenBKN+3.5 12.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Lonnie Walker IVSAS−3.6 7.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Terrence RossORL−3.4 10.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Shake MiltonPHI−3.0 11.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Coby WhiteCHI−3.0 12.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Chris BoucherTOR−2.9 11.0 last 10 · 13.9 season