FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 6, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed IND by 15 after the first quarter and won 98–85.

Final
PHI119
CHI108
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +11
Final
BKN104
DEN124
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +20
Final
DET105
MIN118
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +13
Final
IND85
CLE98
Q1 CLE -15; Q2 CLE -11; Q3 CLE -7; Q4 CLE +13
Final
ATL94
DAL103
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +9
Final
BOS116
ORL83
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +33
Final
NOP120
HOU107
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +13
Final
MIL137
LAC113
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +24
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 6, 2021: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ DAL), 57 points.
The lead · IND @ CLE

Cleveland storms back from 15 down to beat Indiana

The Cavaliers trailed by 15 after one and won 98–85. Cedi Osman led Cleveland with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-11-7+13CLE AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2720211785
CLE1224253798
Who led
Cedi OsmanPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 10, 0, 23, 13, 7, 13, 5, 22CLE22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 6, 20, 25, 8, 15, 21, 25, 19CLE19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Chris DuartePoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 14, 11, 5, 12, 8, 11, 12, 22IND22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Duane Washington Jr.Points, last 10 games: 8, 0, 21, 11, 5, 22, 16, 5, 17, 17IND17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Orlando by 33, the widest margin of 8 games.

DAL over ATL9PHI over CHI11MIN over DET13CLE over IND13NOP over HOU13DEN over BKN20MIL over LAC24BOS over ORL33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 45

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 41, 29, 32, 23, 29, 28, 31, 45CHI vs PHI · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul George OKC, Feb 22, 2019: 45 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Season high45 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 32, 50, 40, 38, 42, 26, 36, 27, 27, 40PHI @ CHI · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 27, 2012: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 33, 24, 22, 15, 15, 26, 23, 33NOP @ HOU · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 33, 30, 26, 38, 29, 33, 29, 28MIL @ LAC · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 19, 8, 19, 16, 22, 17, 30, 28LAC vs MIL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 49, 26, 34, 28, 26, 29, 18, 21, 25, 27DEN vs BKN · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Apr 13, 1997: 27 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 12 REB · 10 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
Joel EmbiidPHI+6.5 35.8 last 10 · 29.3 season
Ja MorantMEM+6.5 32.9 last 10 · 26.4 season
Davion MitchellSAC+5.5 15.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
DeMar DeRozanCHI+5.3 32.3 last 10 · 27.0 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+5.1 23.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Zach LaVineCHI−5.8 18.9 last 10 · 24.7 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−5.4 9.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kemba WalkerNYK−5.3 6.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Terrence RossORL−5.1 6.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Buddy HieldSAC−4.4 10.0 last 10 · 14.4 season