FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 27, 2022Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIN by 4 at halftime and won 124–115.

Final
LAL87
PHI105
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +18
Final
MIN115
GSW124
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +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 27, 2021: 12 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS @ NOP), 47 points.
The lead · MIN @ GSW

Golden State keeps rolling, beats Minnesota

That is four in a row. Final: 124–115. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-4+14+9GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN29322034115
GSW29283829124
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39, 22, 13, 18, 29GSW29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 8 games: 17, 14, 11, 13, 21, 12, 15, 23GSW23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 26, 25, 26, 20, 17, 23, 17, 31MIN31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 28, 30, 9, 21, 20, 25, 40, 27MIN27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · LAL @ PHI

Philadelphia leads Lakers wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 105–87. Best quarter: the third, 34–20. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHI vs LAL
Joel Embiid · PHIAnthony Davis · LALPTS2631REB912AST71Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.0Season avg39.2Last 5

39.2 points a game over his last five games, against 29.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.1Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns 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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 26, 25, 26, 20, 17, 23, 17, 31MIN @ GSW · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 25, 27, 17, 22, 20, 9, 8, 31LAL @ PHI · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39, 22, 13, 18, 29GSW vs MIN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 28, 30, 9, 21, 20, 25, 40, 27MIN @ GSW · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40, 38, 42, 26PHI vs LAL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 8 games: 17, 14, 11, 13, 21, 12, 15, 23GSW vs MIN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
Amir CoffeyLAC+6.7 15.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+6.5 21.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.8 34.7 last 10 · 28.9 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.5 22.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cory JosephDET+4.5 12.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Cole AnthonyORL−5.4 12.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.5 20.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−3.8 8.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Russell WestbrookLAL−3.8 14.8 last 10 · 18.6 season