FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 5, 2023Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MEM123
ORL115
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +22; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +8
Final
BOS124
DAL95
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +24; Q4 BOS +29
Final
UTA131
HOU114
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +17
Final
LAC91
DEN122
Q1 DEN +17; Q2 DEN +34; Q3 DEN +43; Q4 DEN +31
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 5, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (BKN @ IND), 39 points.
The lead · MEM @ ORL

Ja Morant scores 32 in Memphis win over Orlando

Final: 123–115. Ja Morant added 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+22+14+8MEM AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM22432731123
ORL20233537115
Who led
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 6, 35, 12, 36, 34, 19, 32, 35, 23, 32MEM32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 8, 24, 11, 6, 15, 17, 14, 17, 31MEM31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 18, 23, 18, 4, 15, 21, 25, 30ORL30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 12, 19, 25, 21, 15, 19, 28, 22ORL22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ HOU

Utah controls Houston start to finish

Utah won 131–114, leading by as many as 17 at a break. Lauri Markkanen led Utah with 49 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over ORL8UTA over HOU17BOS over DAL29DEN over LAC31Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.9Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 49 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 14 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Lauri Markkanen leads the day with 49

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.
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 38, 21, 32, 29, 36, 29, 28, 49UTA @ HOU · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell NYK, Dec 11, 2001: 49 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Career high49 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 6, 35, 12, 36, 34, 19, 32, 35, 23, 32MEM @ ORL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 8, 24, 11, 6, 15, 17, 14, 17, 31MEM @ ORL · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 18, 23, 18, 4, 15, 21, 25, 30ORL vs MEM · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 23, 24, 28, 23, 16, 20, 16, 30HOU vs UTA · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 44, 31, 41, 30, 41, 38, 29, 25, 27, 29BOS @ DAL · W
30.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 9, 2017: 29 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
29 PTS · 14 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
Jordan PooleGSW+8.0 28.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+6.0 17.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA+5.9 30.4 last 10 · 24.5 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.8 26.0 last 10 · 20.2 season
LeBron JamesLAL+5.4 34.4 last 10 · 29.0 season
Cold
Terry RozierCHA−4.1 16.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.6 6.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.1 19.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Gabe VincentMIA−2.9 5.3 last 10 · 8.2 season