FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 1, 2023Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BOS111
DEN123
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +12
Final
SAC108
MEM118
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +10
Final
WAS118
MIL95
Q1 WAS +17; Q2 WAS +18; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +23
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 · 2021–22Jan 1, 2022: 6 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs NOP), 35 points.
The lead · SAC @ MEM

Ja Morant goes for 35 in Memphis win over Sacramento

Memphis won 118–108.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+1+4+10MEM AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC26322921108
MEM27323227118
Who led
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 6, 35, 12, 36, 34, 19, 32, 35MEM35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Tyus JonesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 15, 5, 2, 13, 1, 4, 8, 18MEM18 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 24, 37, 22, 26, 26, 31, 24, 19SAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 21, 23, 28, 13, 20, 31, 28, 18SAC18 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ DEN

Denver leads Boston wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 123–111. Best quarter: the first, 37–28. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over SAC10DEN over BOS12WAS over MIL23Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ja Morant leads the day with 35

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.
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 6, 35, 12, 36, 34, 19, 32, 35MEM vs SAC · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 43, 25, 40, 13, 29, 41, 20, 40, 19, 30DEN vs BOS · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Porter Jr. HOU, Mar 30, 2022: 30 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
30 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 26, 24, 19, 36, 29, 39, 29, 30BOS @ DEN · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Rui HachimuraPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 14, 13, 7, 21, 14, 30, 16, 26WAS @ MIL · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 44, 31, 41, 30, 41, 38, 29, 25BOS @ DEN · L
30.9 PPG season to date · −6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 20, 19, 21, 7, 24, 22, 30, 22WAS @ MIL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Jordan PooleGSW+6.9 27.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
LeBron JamesLAL+5.1 33.6 last 10 · 28.5 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.0 24.8 last 10 · 19.8 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.8 28.9 last 10 · 24.1 season
Quentin GrimesNYK+4.7 14.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.4 19.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Terry RozierCHA−3.3 16.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jalen SmithIND−3.1 6.9 last 10 · 10.0 season