FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 9, 2022Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed CHI by 10 after the first quarter and won 113–99.

Final · OT
SAS119
BKN121
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +2
Final
ATL93
LAC106
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +13
Final
WAS102
ORL100
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +2
Final
NOP101
TOR105
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +4
Final
MIN141
HOU123
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +21; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +18
Final
DEN99
OKC95
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +4
Final
CHI99
DAL113
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +14
Final
CLE82
GSW96
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +14
Final
SAC88
POR103
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +15
Final
MEM127
LAL119
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +8
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 9, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Tyrese Maxey (PHI vs DEN), 39 points.
The lead · CHI @ DAL

Luka Doncic scores 22, Dallas rallies past Chicago

Dallas trailed by 10 after one and won 113–99.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-10-1+4+14DAL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI3223242099
DAL22322930113
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 21, 28, 26, 27, 14, 21, 26, 22DAL22 PTS · 14 REB · 14 AST
Josh GreenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 9, 4, 8, 2, 6, 0, 17, 18DAL18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 38, 26, 24, 35, 20, 28, 28, 29, 15, 20CHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 32, 30, 25, 17, 35, 27, 27, 20CHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 18.

BKN over SAS2WAS over ORL2TOR over NOP4DEN over OKC4MEM over LAL8LAC over ATL13DAL over CHI14GSW over CLE14POR over SAC15MIN over HOU18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 40

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 23, 32, 28, 24, 26, 17, 19, 40MIN @ HOU · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Mar 13, 2000: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 39, 32, 37, 43, 26, 31, 32, 35LAL vs MEM · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 31, 27, 31, 35, 33, 19, 37, 32TOR vs NOP · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 22, 15, 18, 33, 15, 18, 13, 32ORL vs WAS · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 9, 2, 11, 7, 43, 28, 14, 31POR vs SAC · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 25, 28, 25, 20, 18, 33, 17, 29TOR vs NOP · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 7 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
Kyle KuzmaWAS+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Gary HarrisORL+6.4 18.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Terrence RossORL+6.3 19.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Caleb MartinMIA+5.7 14.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−3.8 12.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.6 12.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.1 8.8 last 10 · 11.9 season