FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 10, 2023Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET116
PHI147
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +32; Q4 PHI +31
Final
OKC111
MIA112
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +1
Final
CHA120
TOR132
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +12
Final
CLE114
UTA116
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +2
Final
PHX125
GSW113
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +12
Final
ORL109
POR106
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +3
Final
DAL101
LAC113
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +22; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +12
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 10, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ HOU), 31 points.
The lead · OKC @ MIA

Jimmy Butler scores 35, Miami holds off OKC

Final: 112–111. Jimmy Butler added 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0+5+7+1+1MIA AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC26303223111
MIA31322623112
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 20, 27, 17, 9, 27, 20, 26, 35MIA35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Max StrusPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 7, 19, 13, 13, 8, 19, 10, 22MIA22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 44, 28, 28, 14, 33, 30, 33, 26OKC26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Josh GiddeyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 7, 21, 20, 25, 16, 20, 10, 18OKC18 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Philadelphia by 31.

MIA over OKC1UTA over CLE2ORL over POR3TOR over CHA12PHX over GSW12LAC over DAL12PHI over DET31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.6Season avg34.6Last 5

34.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.7Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 46

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 12, 15, 28, 15, 71, 20, 22, 46CLE @ UTA · L
29.3 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Apr 6, 2007: 46 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
46 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 50, 32, 60, 35, 51, 39, 23, 34, 43DAL @ LAC · L
34.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gary Payton SEA, Apr 16, 2000: 43 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
43 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 22, 44, 35, 48, 37, 16, 42, 36PHI vs DET · W
33.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 20, 27, 17, 9, 27, 20, 26, 35MIA vs OKC · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 16, 28, 15, 26, 24, 6, 29, 33LAC vs DAL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 19, 10, 16, 27, 21, 39, 19, 33CHA @ TOR · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 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
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+6.6 18.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Julius RandleNYK+6.5 30.9 last 10 · 24.4 season
Naji MarshallNOP+5.9 15.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.6 26.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Jordan PooleGSW+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Cold
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.4 18.8 last 10 · 22.2 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.3 6.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.2 26.5 last 10 · 29.7 season
Reggie JacksonLAC−3.1 8.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kyle LowryMIA−3.1 10.0 last 10 · 13.1 season