FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 9, 2023Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed NYK by 5 at halftime and won 111–107.

Final
NOP132
WAS112
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +12; Q3 NOP +12; Q4 NOP +20
Final
CHI99
BOS107
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MIL111
NYK107
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +4
Final
SAS113
MEM121
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +8
Final
LAL109
DEN122
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +13
Final
ORL111
SAC136
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +25
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 9, 2022: 10 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN @ HOU), 40 points.
The lead · MIL @ NYK

Milwaukee handles New York by 4

The Bucks won the fourth quarter 38–29. Final: 111–107. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Jalen Brunson scored 44 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-5-5+4MIL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL22242738111
NYK22292729107
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 42, 45, 26, 27, 45, 43, 55, 30, 9, 22MIL22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 16, 14, 13, 8, 21, 9, 9, 17MIL17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 21, 7, 12, 23, 24, 38, 26, 44NYK44 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 35, 29, 41, 35, 28, 25, 32, 25NYK25 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat Orlando by 25, the widest margin of 6 games.

MIL over NYK4BOS over CHI8MEM over SAS8DEN over LAL13NOP over WAS20SAC over ORL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.9Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 26.6 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 44

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 21, 7, 12, 23, 24, 38, 26, 44NYK vs MIL · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Larry Johnson CHH, Nov 22, 1995: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Career high44 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 25, 26, 25, 14, 14, 18, 18, 34DEN vs LAL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 40, 17, 19, 20, 42, 10, 26, 28, 28, 34NOP @ WAS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 41, 30, 41, 38, 29, 25, 27, 29, 34, 32BOS vs CHI · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 13, 8, 10, 16, 19, 22, 18, 30SAC vs ORL · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 12, 10, 6, 12, 16, 12, 25, 27NOP @ WAS · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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+7.2 27.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+6.6 18.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA+6.6 31.1 last 10 · 24.5 season
Julius RandleNYK+6.5 30.9 last 10 · 24.4 season
Naji MarshallNOP+5.9 15.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−3.4 18.1 last 10 · 21.5 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.3 6.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Reggie JacksonLAC−3.1 8.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kyle LowryMIA−3.1 10.0 last 10 · 13.1 season