FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 2, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed ORL by 12 after three quarters and won 116–111.

Final
NYK105
TOR120
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +15
Final · OT
ORL111
BOS116
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -12; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final
IND104
CLE108
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +4
Final
MIA113
SAC115
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +2
Final
PHX133
CHA99
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +26; Q3 PHX +32; Q4 PHX +34
Final
DAL95
OKC86
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MIN103
LAL108
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +5
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 2, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Terry Rozier (CHA @ PHI), 35 points.
The lead · ORL @ BOS

Jaylen Brown scores 50 as Boston beats Orlando

Boston won 116–111. Jaylen Brown: 50 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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+9+3-120+5BOS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ORL1923352311111
BOS2817203516116
Who led
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 23, 30, 34, 25, 26, 30, 24, 50BOS50 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 31, 10, 19, 15, 7, 8, 3, 21BOS21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 10, 18, 8, 17, 22, 15, 18, 33ORL33 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 20, 17, 17, 22, 20, 13, 17, 23ORL23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Charlotte by 34, the widest margin of 7 games.

SAC over MIA2CLE over IND4BOS over ORL5LAL over MIN5DAL over OKC9TOR over NYK15PHX over CHA34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 50

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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 23, 30, 34, 25, 26, 30, 24, 50BOS vs ORL · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +26.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Amar'e Stoudemire PHX, Jan 2, 2005: 50 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Career high50 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 10, 19, 17, 12, 31, 27, 31, 35TOR vs NYK · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 10, 18, 8, 17, 22, 15, 18, 33ORL @ BOS · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 30, 16, 12, 12, 14, 15, 24, 32IND @ CLE · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 31, 34, 36, 39, 32, 37, 43, 26LAL vs MIN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 29, 18, 16, 2, 21, 3, 8, 26SAC vs MIA · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Hamidou DialloDET+6.8 17.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kevin LoveCLE+6.1 20.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Gary HarrisORL+6.0 16.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Saddiq BeyDET+5.9 20.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Caleb MartinMIA+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 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