FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 1, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed WAS by 12 at halftime and won 120–119.

Final
NOP113
MIL136
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +23
Final · OT
SAS116
DET117
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
CHI120
WAS119
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -12; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +1
Final
LAC120
BKN116
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC +4
Final
DEN124
HOU111
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +13
Final
GSW123
UTA116
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +7
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 · 2020–21Jan 1, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL @ SAS), 34 points.
The lead · CHI @ WAS

Zach LaVine scores 35, Chicago rallies past Washington

Chicago trailed by 12 at the half and won 120–119.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-12-2+1CHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI25273434120
WAS32322431119
Who led
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 32, 23, 33, 32, 30, 25, 17, 35CHI35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 29, 38, 26, 24, 35, 20, 28, 28CHI28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 6, 4, 8, 18, 12, 22, 25, 29WAS29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 25, 21, 19, 30, 26, 37, 29, 27WAS27 PTS · 2 REB · 17 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat New Orleans by 23.

DET over SAS1CHI over WAS1LAC over BKN4GSW over UTA7DEN over HOU13MIL over NOP23Final 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
+13.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
24.02020–21 avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 2020–21 (41 games). Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.1minutes, today vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
3.92020–21 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 3.9 a game in 2020–21 (24 games). Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 35

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: 40, 27, 15, 41, 20, 20, 36, 28, 33, 35MIL vs NOP · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Dec 23, 2009: 34 PTS · 16 REB · 10 AST
35 PTS · 16 REB · 10 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 32, 23, 33, 32, 30, 25, 17, 35CHI @ WAS · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 14, 23, 25, 20, 36, 39, 33, 34BKN vs LAC · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James LAL, Mar 1, 2020: 34 PTS · 12 REB · 13 AST
34 PTS · 12 REB · 13 AST
Hamidou DialloPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 12, 8, 15, 10, 12, 28, 31, 34DET vs SAS · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 6, 4, 8, 18, 12, 22, 25, 29WAS vs CHI · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 21, 16, 9, 11, 20, 24, 16, 29HOU vs DEN · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 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
Hamidou DialloDET+6.8 17.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kevin LoveCLE+6.1 20.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Saddiq BeyDET+5.9 20.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Gary HarrisORL+5.7 16.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Caris LeVertIND+5.1 22.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.0 9.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Luguentz DortOKC−2.9 13.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−2.8 9.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
T.J. McConnellIND−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season