FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 27, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ORL by 9 at halftime and won 110–105.

Final
MIL141
IND131
Q1 MIL +15; Q2 MIL +29; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +10
Final
MEM100
MIN111
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +11
Final
ORL105
MIA110
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -9; Q3 MIA -6; Q4 MIA +5
Final
CLE100
OKC112
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +12
Final
TOR117
GSW129
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +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 27, 2022: 2 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN @ GSW), 31 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIA

Miami climbs out of a 9-point hole against Orlando

Down 9 at the half, the Heat won the fourth quarter 37–26 and the game 110–105. Jimmy Butler led Miami with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-9-6+5MIA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL31282026105
MIA26242337110
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 35, 17, 16, 34, 18, 12, 18, 29MIA29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 24, 20, 20, 26, 18, 18, 30, 20MIA20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Cole AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 6, 5, 7, 22, 6, 18, 8, 19ORL19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 29, 26, 19, 30, 20, 15, 13, 19ORL19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · CLE @ OKC

OKC handles Cleveland by 12

The Thunder won the fourth quarter 34–22. Final: 112–100. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 35 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over ORL5MIL over IND10MIN over MEM11OKC over CLE12GSW over TOR12Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over CLE.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo 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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 45, 43, 55, 30, 9, 22, 7, 29, 33, 41MIL @ IND · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carlos Boozer UTA, Apr 23, 2007: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 38, 24, 15, 20, 41, 29, 26, 34, 35GSW vs TOR · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 37, 21, 28, 23, 37, 34, 36, 35OKC vs CLE · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 15, 30, 24, 31, 21, 22, 26, 31CLE @ OKC · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 35, 17, 16, 34, 18, 12, 18, 29MIA vs ORL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 54, 30, 29, 16, 26, 24, 10, 24, 29GSW vs TOR · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 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
Damian LillardPOR+7.9 38.0 last 10 · 30.1 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.4 27.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Mason PlumleeCHA+5.9 18.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.8 26.7 last 10 · 20.9 season
Seth CurryBKN+5.6 16.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kyle LowryMIA−5.1 7.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Luka DoncicDAL−4.6 28.4 last 10 · 33.0 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−4.5 11.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Malik MonkSAC−4.3 8.7 last 10 · 13.0 season