FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 12, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by MIA (vs ATL) and SAC (vs LAL).

Final
BOS119
IND100
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +19
Final
CHA109
PHI98
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +11
Final
ORL106
WAS112
Q1 WAS +17; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +6
Final
MIA115
ATL91
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +24
Final
DAL85
NYK108
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +23
Final
HOU128
SAS124
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +4
Final
CLE111
UTA91
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +20
Final
BKN138
CHI112
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +22; Q4 BKN +26
Final
LAL116
SAC125
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +9
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 12, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs MIA), 45 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Sacramento beats Lakers, 125–116

Sacramento led 101–90 after three and won by 9. De'Aaron Fox led Sacramento with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-6+11+9SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL34332326116
SAC29324024125
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 10, 24, 30, 30, 30, 14, 12, 29SAC29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 11, 10, 14, 8, 9, 13, 14, 23SAC23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 39, 32, 37, 43, 26, 31, 32, 35, 34LAL34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 25, 15, 18, 22, 24, 29, 7, 22LAL22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 34 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
31.22020–21 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 2020–21 (58 games). Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Brooklyn by 26.

HOU over SAS4WAS over ORL6SAC over LAL9CHA over PHI11BOS over IND19CLE over UTA20NYK over DAL23MIA over ATL24BKN over CHI26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 39, 32, 37, 43, 26, 31, 32, 35, 34LAL @ SAC · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 30, 24, 50, 30, 16, 22, 26, 34BOS @ IND · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 17, 18, 25, 19, 36, 19, 24, 33BOS @ IND · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 25, 24, 9, 22, 27, 19, 24, 32SAS vs HOU · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, May 7, 2003: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 15, 26, 19, 32, 13, 19, 31, 32NYK vs DAL · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 41, 23, 36, 36, 34, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31PHI vs CHA · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 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
Kyle KuzmaWAS+8.7 24.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Terrence RossORL+7.1 20.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Hamidou DialloDET+6.6 17.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jordan NworaMIL+6.3 15.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Malik MonkLAL+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−5.1 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−3.8 12.3 last 10 · 16.1 season
Al HorfordBOS−3.5 7.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−3.2 15.3 last 10 · 18.5 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.1 8.8 last 10 · 11.9 season