FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 7, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed UTA by 15 after the first quarter and won 122–108.

Final
SAS100
PHI119
Q1 PHI +20; Q2 PHI +18; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +19
Final
MIL121
BKN109
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +12
Final
UTA108
TOR122
Q1 TOR -15; Q2 TOR -13; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +14
Final
WAS122
CHI130
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DAL130
HOU106
Q1 DAL +20; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +24; Q4 DAL +24
Final
MIN135
OKC105
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +30
Final
SAC111
DEN121
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +10
Final
ATL118
LAL134
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +16
Final
CLE114
POR101
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +13
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 7, 2021: 5 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs MIN), 39 points.
The lead · UTA @ TOR

Fred VanVleet posts 37-10-10 as Toronto tops Utah

A triple-double in a 122–108 win.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-13+2+14TOR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA40223016108
TOR25244528122
Who led
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 12, 31, 27, 31, 35, 33, 19, 37TOR37 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 17, 29, 7, 26, 14, 14, 22, 22TOR22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Eric PaschallPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 3, 3, 0, 3, 1, 0, 3, 29UTA29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Elijah HughesPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 26UTA26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · WAS @ CHI

Chicago leads Washington wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 130–122. Best quarter: the first, 37–32. Zach LaVine led Chicago with 27 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over WAS8DEN over SAC10MIL over BKN12CLE over POR13TOR over UTA14LAL over ATL16PHI over SAS19DAL over HOU24MIN over OKC30Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 36 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+38.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 2.2 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Fred VanVleet leads the day with 37

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.
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 12, 31, 27, 31, 35, 33, 19, 37TOR vs UTA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Jan 22, 1997: 38 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 13, 29, 26, 22, 24, 27, 26, 33DEN vs SAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 36, 39, 32, 37, 43, 26, 31, 32LAL vs ATL · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 41, 23, 36, 36, 34, 31, 31, 31PHI vs SAS · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 41, 20, 20, 36, 28, 33, 35, 31, 31MIL @ BKN · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 12, 12, 16, 10, 24, 30, 30, 30SAC @ DEN · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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
Gary HarrisORL+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Hamidou DialloDET+6.5 17.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Saddiq BeyDET+6.3 21.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Max StrusMIA+5.7 17.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+5.5 23.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.5 4.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.1 8.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.1 13.2 last 10 · 16.2 season