FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 2, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed IND by 14 at halftime and won 119–118.

Final
ORL119
IND118
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -14; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +1
Final
WAS106
PHI103
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +3
Final
CHA107
BOS113
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +6
Final
MEM120
NYK108
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +12
Final
CLE104
HOU115
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +11
Final · OT
OKC120
DAL114
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +6
Final
BKN101
SAC112
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +11
Final
DEN104
UTA108
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +4
Final
POR94
LAL99
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +5
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 · 2020–21Feb 2, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Fred VanVleet (TOR @ ORL), 54 points.
The lead · ORL @ IND

Orlando climbs out of a 14-point hole against Indiana

Down 14 at the half, the Magic won the third quarter 33–21 and the game 119–118. Gary Harris led Orlando with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-6-14-2+1ORL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL28253333119
IND34332130118
Who led
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 10, 5, 13, 14, 10, 10, 13, 22ORL22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Wendell Carter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 21, 12, 19, 19, 11, 9, 14, 24, 19ORL19 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 26, 30, 19, 10, 10, 14, 17, 26IND26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Terry TaylorPoints, last 7 games: 0, 0, 4, 8, 3, 15, 24IND24 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Memphis by 12.

ORL over IND1WAS over PHI3UTA over DEN4LAL over POR5BOS over CHA6OKC over DAL6HOU over CLE11SAC over BKN11MEM over NYK12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 43 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 40

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 41, 28, 37, 25, 15, 30, 34, 40DAL vs OKC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Robert Horry HOU, Nov 16, 1995: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 15, 10, 19, 25, 29, 20, 23, 38CHA @ BOS · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 17, 22, 20, 9, 8, 31, 27, 30LAL vs POR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 18, 15, 3, 10, 16, 27, 18, 30OKC @ DAL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 27, 6, 14, 7, 7, 25, 18, 30NYK vs MEM · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 26, 19, 8, 19, 16, 22, 17, 30POR @ LAL · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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
Devin BookerPHX+6.6 32.0 last 10 · 25.4 season
Amir CoffeyLAC+6.5 15.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+5.8 24.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.7 34.8 last 10 · 29.1 season
Ja MorantMEM+5.2 31.5 last 10 · 26.3 season
Cold
Terrence RossORL−5.2 6.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kemba WalkerNYK−5.1 6.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.8 20.1 last 10 · 24.9 season
Cole AnthonyORL−4.7 13.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−4.7 9.7 last 10 · 14.4 season