FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 10, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed OKC by 14 after the first quarter and won 114–113.

Final
TOR137
WAS115
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +22
Final
ATL117
DAL118
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL -9; Q4 DAL +1
Final
IND94
BKN104
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +32; Q3 BKN +20; Q4 BKN +10
Final
CHA114
MEM130
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +16
Final
LAC119
MIN112
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +7
Final
NOP116
CHI129
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +13
Final
CLE95
DEN133
Q1 DEN +17; Q2 DEN +21; Q3 DEN +34; Q4 DEN +38
Final · OT
OKC113
LAL114
Q1 LAL -14; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
Final
MIL124
PHX125
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +1
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 10, 2020: 9 games. Top scorer: Pascal Siakam (TOR vs MIN), 34 points.
The lead · OKC @ LAL

Lakers need overtime to survive OKC

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Lakers won the final period 9–8 for a 114–113 win. LeBron James led Lakers with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-10-40+1LAL AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
OKC373017218113
LAL233423259114
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 46, 34, 22, 21, 21, 27, 33, 28, 25LAL25 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 0, 8, 16, 19, 13, 7, 21, 20LAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 10, 21, 16, 12, 17, 26, 14, 25OKC25 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kenrich WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 2, 0, 7, 19, 9, 10, 7, 24OKC24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Cleveland by 38.

DAL over ATL1LAL over OKC1PHX over MIL1LAC over MIN7BKN over IND10CHI over NOP13MEM over CHA16TOR over WAS22DEN over CLE38Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo 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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 38, 34, 18, 21, 33, 24, 30, 47MIL @ PHX · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Dec 10, 2001: 47 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Season high47 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 30, 26, 21, 24, 26, 39, 35, 46CHI vs NOP · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 6, 2002: 46 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Season high46 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 34, 24, 28, 33, 24, 28, 20, 36LAC @ MIN · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 16, 26, 25, 26, 39, 15, 27, 35BKN vs IND · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 24, 20, 19, 12, 15, 26, 15, 34CHA @ MEM · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 30, 11, 21, 17, 22, 35, 17, 19, 33ATL @ DAL · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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+5.5 21.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
LaMelo BallCHA+4.7 19.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Chris PaulPHX+4.4 21.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Trae YoungATL+4.1 30.7 last 10 · 26.6 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+4.1 27.5 last 10 · 23.4 season
Cold
Lonnie Walker IVSAS−3.9 6.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shake MiltonPHI−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Collin SextonCLE−3.2 19.5 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−3.0 8.4 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL−2.8 6.1 last 10 · 8.9 season