FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 10, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed UTA by 14 after the first quarter and won 126–116.

Final
MIL99
CHA103
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +4
Final
UTA116
DET126
Q1 DET -14; Q2 DET -13; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
IND98
BOS101
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +3
Final
SAS96
NYK111
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +15
Final
PHI111
HOU91
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +20
Final
BKN108
POR114
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +6
Final
CLE109
SAC108
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +1
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 10, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (CHI @ LAC), 45 points.
The lead · UTA @ DET

Detroit climbs back to beat Utah

Utah led by 14 after one. Detroit won it 126–116. Cade Cunningham led Detroit with 29 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-14-13+4+10DET AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA35262332116
DET21274038126
Who led
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 21, 4, 7, 19, 16, 12, 12, 29DET29 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 23, 32, 21, 34, 11, 3, 16, 29DET29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 28, 33, 39, 20, 29, 17, 36, 31UTA31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 12, 9, 13, 15, 2, 7, 8, 21UTA21 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Houston by 20.

CLE over SAC1BOS over IND3CHA over MIL4POR over BKN6DET over UTA10NYK over SAS15PHI over HOU20Final 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
+13.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.7Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 3.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 31

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 32, 41, 23, 36, 36, 34, 31, 31, 31, 31PHI @ HOU · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 28, 33, 39, 20, 29, 17, 36, 31UTA @ DET · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 8, 15, 26, 19, 32, 13, 19, 31NYK vs SAS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 21, 4, 7, 19, 16, 12, 12, 29DET vs UTA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 23, 32, 21, 34, 11, 3, 16, 29DET vs UTA · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 51, 34, 34, 33, 28, 26, 39, 29, 28, 28BKN @ POR · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 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
Kyle KuzmaWAS+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Hamidou DialloDET+6.7 17.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gary HarrisORL+6.4 18.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Terrence RossORL+6.3 19.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jordan NworaMIL+6.3 15.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−5.1 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−4.3 12.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−4.0 11.9 last 10 · 15.9 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.9 12.2 last 10 · 16.1 season