FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 16, 2022Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 5 at halftime and won 118–112.

Final
PHX135
DET108
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +27
Final
HOU118
SAC112
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +6
Final
UTA125
DEN102
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +23
Final
GSW99
MIN119
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +20
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 16, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (BKN vs ORL), 42 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAC

Houston handles Sacramento by 6

The Rockets won the fourth quarter 33–24. Final: 118–112. Christian Wood led Houston with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-5-3+6HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU29263033118
SAC21392824112
Who led
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 0, 22, 20, 22, 14, 23, 26, 23HOU23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kevin Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 22, 7, 8, 9, 11, 9, 8, 18, 16, 23HOU23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 26, 11, 7, 10, 19, 10, 19, 27SAC27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Terence DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 5, 15, 11, 2, 2, 3, 14, 17SAC17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · GSW @ MIN

Minnesota leads Golden State wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 119–99. Best quarter: the third, 35–31. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over SAC6MIN over GSW20UTA over DEN23PHX over DET27Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 9 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell 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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 39, 20, 29, 17, 36, 31, 17, 31UTA @ DEN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 22, 24, 33, 11, 26, 16, 35, 30PHX @ DET · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 26, 11, 7, 10, 19, 10, 19, 27SAC vs HOU · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 24, 26, 17, 19, 40, 26, 25, 26MIN vs GSW · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 27, 26, 33, 22, 21, 20, 17, 25DEN vs UTA · L
25.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook WAS, Apr 12, 2021: 25 PTS · 14 REB · 14 AST
25 PTS · 15 REB · 14 AST
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 0, 22, 20, 22, 14, 23, 26, 23HOU @ SAC · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 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+9.1 24.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Max StrusMIA+7.3 19.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Malik MonkLAL+6.5 18.6 last 10 · 12.1 season
Fred VanVleetTOR+5.7 27.6 last 10 · 21.9 season
Coby WhiteCHI+5.6 18.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−5.2 5.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Al HorfordBOS−4.0 6.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Reggie JacksonLAC−3.9 12.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−3.9 8.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−3.9 11.8 last 10 · 15.7 season