FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 8, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 123–108.

Final
MEM123
LAC108
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +15
Final
MIL106
CHA114
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +8
Final
ORL92
DET97
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +5
Final
UTA113
IND125
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +12
Final
NYK75
BOS99
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +24
Final
MIA123
PHX100
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +23
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 8, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Caris LeVert (BKN @ MEM), 43 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAC

Memphis climbs out of an 8-point hole against Clippers

Down 8 after one, the Grizzlies won the second quarter 38–20 and the game 123–108. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+10+10+15MEM AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM28382829123
LAC36202824108
Who led
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 20, 21, 11, 15, 12, 5, 22, 11, 26MEM26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 12, 28, 32, 20, 17, 29, 11, 23MEM23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 2, 24, 24, 24, 23, 20, 12, 26, 29LAC29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 15, 16, 10, 17, 19, 5, 16, 18LAC18 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NYK @ BOS

Boston routs New York by 24

Boston led by 2 at halftime and won 99–75. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over ORL5CHA over MIL8IND over UTA12MEM over LAC15MIA over PHX23BOS over NYK24Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 38 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg24.7Last 3

24.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 43

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: 41, 20, 20, 36, 28, 33, 35, 31, 31, 43MIL @ CHA · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Apr 17, 1997: 42 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
43 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 12, 14, 15, 24, 32, 15, 32, 42IND vs UTA · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen SEA, Jan 22, 2006: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Career high42 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 21, 28, 33, 39, 20, 29, 17, 36UTA @ IND · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 29, 2, 32, 16, 22, 18, 16, 33MIA @ PHX · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 2, 24, 24, 24, 23, 20, 12, 26, 29LAC vs MEM · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 22, 20, 13, 17, 23, 19, 10, 28ORL @ DET · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+7.2 17.9 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gary HarrisORL+6.9 18.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Caleb MartinMIA+5.7 14.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Saddiq BeyDET+5.6 20.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Terrence RossORL+5.5 17.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−3.8 12.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.1 5.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.1 8.8 last 10 · 11.9 season