FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 23, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed DET by 1 after the first quarter and won 117–111.

Final
LAC102
NYK110
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +8
Final
BOS116
WAS87
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +29
Final
LAL107
MIA113
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +6
Final
CHI95
ORL114
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +19
Final
POR114
TOR105
Q1 POR +18; Q2 POR +30; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +9
Final
ATL113
CHA91
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +22
Final
PHI115
SAS109
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +6
Final
MEM91
DAL104
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +13
Final
DET111
DEN117
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +6
Final
BKN125
MIN136
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +11
Final
UTA92
GSW94
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +2
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 23, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Bam Adebayo (MIA @ BKN), 41 points.
The lead · DET @ DEN

Denver beats Detroit, 117–111

Denver led 92–76 after three and won by 6. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 34 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+16+6DEN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET30301635111
DEN29313225117
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 22, 21, 20, 17, 25, 49, 26, 34DEN34 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 10, 14, 21, 12, 16, 7, 27, 14DEN14 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 29, 8, 18, 21, 8, 13, 25, 18DET18 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Cory JosephPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 8, 16, 9, 21, 2, 19, 8, 18DET18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.4Season avg38.4Last 5

38.4 points a game over his last five games, against 28.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Washington by 29, the widest margin of 11 games.

GSW over UTA2MIA over LAL6PHI over SAS6DEN over DET6NYK over LAC8POR over TOR9MIN over BKN11DAL over MEM13ORL over CHI19ATL over CHA22BOS over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Jayson Tatum leads the day with 51

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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 24, 33, 20, 23, 27, 12, 27, 51BOS @ WAS · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +25.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Khris Middleton MIL, Jan 28, 2020: 51 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Season high51 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 20, 19, 17, 23, 24, 30, 35, 41CHI @ ORL · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 23, 2003: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 31, 31, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40, 38PHI @ SAS · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 22, 21, 27, 23, 20, 41, 28, 37DAL vs MEM · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 16, 29, 16, 19, 25, 33, 38, 35MEM @ DAL · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 22, 21, 20, 17, 25, 49, 26, 34DEN vs DET · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 8 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
Anfernee SimonsPOR+9.8 25.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
RJ BarrettNYK+6.1 23.3 last 10 · 17.2 season
Caris LeVertIND+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Kyle KuzmaWAS+5.9 21.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.4 34.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−5.9 20.1 last 10 · 26.0 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.6 6.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cole AnthonyORL−4.7 13.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP−3.9 8.7 last 10 · 12.6 season