FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 18, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 11 after the first quarter and won 116–111.

Final
ATL130
DAL122
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +8
Final
WAS116
NYK105
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +11
Final
CHA122
HOU117
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +5
Final
CLE114
MEM115
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +1
Final
MIA124
NOP98
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +26
Final
IND106
OKC126
Q1 OKC +16; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +20
Final
LAC103
UTA126
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +23
Final
MIN118
DEN122
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +4
Final
SAC116
LAL111
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +5
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 18, 2022: 2 games. Top scorer: Evan Fournier (NYK vs MIN), 27 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAL

De'Aaron Fox scores 31 as Sacramento wins in Los Angeles

Final: 116–111. De'Aaron Fox made 13 of 23 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+1+8+5SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC28332926116
LAL39212229111
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 37, 25, 34, 11, 24, 24, 23, 31SAC31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 19, 22, 18, 30, 16, 27, 29, 20SAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 47, 43, 25, 37, 24, 35, 48, 32LAL32 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 21, 18, 23, 25, 28, 20, 24, 19LAL19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · MIN @ DEN

Denver makes it eight straight

Denver beat Minnesota 122–118 and moved to 32–13. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
Wvs BOS123–111L@ MIN111–124Wvs LAC122–91Wvs CLE121–108Wvs LAL122–109Wvs PHX126–97W@ LAC115–103Wvs ORL119–116Wvs POR122–113Wvs MIN122–118DEN: last 10 games through Jan 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Green leads the day with 41

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 GreenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 20, 16, 30, 9, 26, 27, 23, 41HOU vs CHA · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 16, 2006: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Ties career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 29, 28, 49, 28, 21, 25, 28, 34UTA vs LAC · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 47, 43, 25, 37, 24, 35, 48, 32LAL vs SAC · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 38, 26, 44, 34, 34, 27, 26, 32NYK vs WAS · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 24, 12, 28, 14, 21, 17, 36, 31DEN vs MIN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Jan 27, 2018: 31 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
31 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 37, 25, 34, 11, 24, 24, 23, 31SAC @ LAL · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
Jalen BrunsonNYK+8.2 30.8 last 10 · 22.6 season
Naji MarshallNOP+5.9 16.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA+5.9 30.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.8 26.7 last 10 · 20.9 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.8 27.1 last 10 · 21.3 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−4.2 25.1 last 10 · 29.3 season
Larry Nance Jr.NOP−4.2 3.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
OG AnunobyTOR−3.6 14.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Reggie JacksonLAC−3.4 7.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−3.3 13.0 last 10 · 16.3 season