FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 5, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NYK by 15 at halftime and won 122–115.

Final
MEM135
ORL115
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +27; Q4 MEM +20
Final
MIA104
CHA86
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +18
Final
PHX95
WAS80
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +27; Q3 PHX +34; Q4 PHX +15
Final · OT
NYK115
LAL122
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -15; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +7
Final
MIL137
POR108
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +32; Q4 MIL +29
Final
OKC103
SAC113
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +10
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 5, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: Nikola Vucevic (ORL vs CHI), 43 points.
The lead · NYK @ LAL

LeBron James scores 29, Lakers win in overtime

Tied 111–111 after regulation. Final: 122–115. RJ Barrett scored 36 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-15+30+7LAL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK422913274115
LAL2927312411122
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 34, 25, 25, 30, 29, 33, 33, 29LAL29 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 10, 7, 22, 11, 33, 7, 21, 29LAL29 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 17, 28, 24, 17, 23, 11, 23, 36NYK36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 4, 24, 18, 11, 9, 17, 18, 32NYK32 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Second story · MIA @ CHA

Charlotte's skid reaches four

Miami won 104–86; the Hornets fall to 28–26. Jimmy Butler led Miami with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · CHA
W@ BOS111–102Wvs OKC121–98Lvs ATL91–113L@ TOR113–125W@ IND158–126Wvs LAL117–114Lvs LAC90–115L@ BOS107–113Lvs CLE101–102Lvs MIA86–104CHA: last 10 games through Feb 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 48 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

RJ Barrett leads the day with 36

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.
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 17, 28, 24, 17, 23, 11, 23, 36NYK @ LAL · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 38, 35, 41, 30, 34, 37, 23, 33MEM @ ORL · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 4, 24, 18, 11, 9, 17, 18, 32NYK @ LAL · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 14, 12, 6, 22, 5, 11, 17, 30MIL @ POR · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 34, 25, 25, 30, 29, 33, 33, 29LAL vs NYK · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Mar 18, 2019: 29 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
29 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 27, 33, 30, 26, 38, 29, 33, 29MIL @ POR · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 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
Ja MorantMEM+6.5 32.9 last 10 · 26.4 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+6.0 35.0 last 10 · 29.0 season
Davion MitchellSAC+5.5 15.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+5.1 23.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Nikola VucevicCHI+5.0 22.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Zach LaVineCHI−5.8 18.9 last 10 · 24.7 season
Terrence RossORL−5.7 5.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Kemba WalkerNYK−5.3 6.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−5.2 9.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Buddy HieldSAC−4.4 10.0 last 10 · 14.4 season