FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 15, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed BKN by 5 after three quarters and won 112–102.

Final
NYK117
DET104
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +13
Final
HOU100
LAC121
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +21
Final
GSW118
CHI132
Q1 CHI +15; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +14
Final
OKC112
BKN102
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC +10
Final
SAC132
SAS119
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +13
Final
ORL116
DEN119
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +3
Final
DAL123
POR140
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +17
Final
PHI113
LAL112
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +1
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 15, 2022: 10 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ MIA), 32 points.
The lead · OKC @ BKN

OKC tops Brooklyn in Brooklyn

Final: 112–102. Josh Giddey led OKC with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-2-5+10OKC AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC28202737112
BKN24263022102
Who led
Josh GiddeyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 25, 16, 20, 10, 18, 20, 25, 28OKC28 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 14, 33, 30, 33, 26, 37, 21, 28OKC28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 2, 8, 16, 22, 8, 14, 11, 23BKN23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Nicolas ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 17, 14, 10, 11, 9, 13, 9, 17BKN17 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · GSW @ CHI

Chicago beats Golden State, 132–118

Chicago led 92–86 after three and won by 14. Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 43 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over LAL1DEN over ORL3OKC over BKN10NYK over DET13SAC over SAS13CHI over GSW14POR over DAL17LAC over HOU21Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.2Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Vucevic leads the day with 43

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.
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 20, 21, 19, 15, 21, 15, 19, 43CHI vs GSW · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +26.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Amar'e Stoudemire PHX, Dec 4, 2007: 42 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Ties career high43 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 29, 41, 35, 28, 25, 32, 25, 14, 23, 42NYK @ DET · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Dec 9, 1999: 42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Season high42 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 19, 27, 19, 34, 30, 50, 36, 40POR vs DAL · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Jan 6, 2017: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 38, 28, 27, 47, 43, 25, 37, 24, 35LAL vs PHI · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 44, 35, 48, 37, 16, 42, 36, 30, 30, 35PHI @ LAL · W
33.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Terance MannPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 2, 9, 12, 10, 14, 12, 8, 31LAC vs HOU · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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+6.4 18.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA+5.9 30.5 last 10 · 24.6 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.8 26.7 last 10 · 20.9 season
Jordan PooleGSW+5.6 26.3 last 10 · 20.7 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.2 26.4 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−4.7 24.2 last 10 · 28.9 season
Desmond BaneMEM−3.9 17.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Reggie JacksonLAC−3.5 7.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−3.4 13.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Larry Nance Jr.NOP−3.1 4.7 last 10 · 7.8 season