FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 3, 2023Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed UTA by 1 after three quarters and won 117–115.

Final
WAS113
MIL123
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +10
Final
BOS117
OKC150
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +31; Q4 OKC +33
Final
SAC117
UTA115
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
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 3, 2022: 10 games. Top scorer: Trae Young (ATL @ POR), 56 points.
The lead · SAC @ UTA

De'Aaron Fox scores 37 as Sacramento wins in Utah

Final: 117–115. De'Aaron Fox made 15 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+9-1+2SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC35252829117
UTA23283826115
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 37, 22, 26, 26, 31, 24, 19, 37SAC37 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 23, 28, 13, 20, 31, 28, 18, 21SAC21 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 24, 38, 21, 32, 29, 36, 29, 28UTA28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 23, 21, 23, 25, 22, 25, 22, 24UTA24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · WAS @ MIL

Milwaukee never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 123–113. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 55 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over UTA2MIL over WAS10OKC over BOS33Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.1Season avg39.2Last 5

39.2 points a game over his last five games, against 32.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 55

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 19, 42, 45, 26, 27, 45, 43, 55MIL vs WAS · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Apr 12, 2015: 54 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Career high55 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 37, 22, 26, 26, 31, 24, 19, 37SAC @ UTA · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 24, 19, 36, 29, 39, 29, 30, 29BOS @ OKC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 24, 38, 21, 32, 29, 36, 29, 28UTA vs SAC · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 44, 31, 41, 30, 41, 38, 29, 25, 27BOS @ OKC · L
30.8 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Josh GiddeyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 19, 11, 13, 20, 7, 21, 20, 25OKC vs BOS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+7.7 28.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
CJ McCollumNOP+6.0 26.0 last 10 · 20.0 season
LeBron JamesLAL+5.4 34.4 last 10 · 29.0 season
Quentin GrimesNYK+5.1 15.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+4.9 16.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.7 18.9 last 10 · 22.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Terry RozierCHA−3.2 16.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.1 6.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Kyle LowryMIA−3.0 10.5 last 10 · 13.5 season