FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 7, 2023Regular season · 6 games
← Feb 6CalendarFeb 8 →

6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ORL by 8 at halftime and won 102–98.

Final
NYK102
ORL98
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +4
Final
PHX116
BKN112
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +4
Final
ATL107
NOP116
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +9
Final
CHI89
MEM104
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +15
Final
MIN112
DEN146
Q1 DEN +30; Q2 DEN +31; Q3 DEN +35; Q4 DEN +34
Final
OKC133
LAL130
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +3
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 · 2021–22Feb 7, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ CHI), 38 points.
The lead · NYK @ ORL

New York turns it around against Orlando

From 8 down at the half to a 4-point win: 102–98. Jalen Brunson led New York with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-4-8-3+4NYK AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK22182636102
ORL2622212998
Who led
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 21, 14, 29, 26, 37, 41, 21, 25NYK25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 36, 37, 19, 23, 23, 28, 24, 22NYK22 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Markelle FultzPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 13, 10, 7, 12, 18, 15, 16, 21ORL21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 13, 19, 7, 19, 13, 9, 14, 18ORL18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+25.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Minnesota by 34.

OKC over LAL3NYK over ORL4PHX over BKN4NOP over ATL9MEM over CHI15DEN over MIN34Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Cam Thomas 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.
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 2, 0, 5, 21, 19, 44, 47, 43BKN vs PHX · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +33.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Redd MIL, Apr 18, 2006: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
43 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 37, 46, 20, 41, 28, 26, 27, 38LAL vs OKC · L
30.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 24, 19, 23, 22, 20, 14, 31, 35PHX @ BKN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 22, 27, 29, 27, 27, 32, 24, 34MEM vs CHI · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 17, 8, 13, 22, 16, 26, 35, 30NOP vs ATL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 34, 36, 35, 31, 24, 42, 20, 30OKC @ LAL · W
30.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 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
Kawhi LeonardLAC+6.5 28.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+6.0 23.7 last 10 · 17.7 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.7 25.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Fred VanVleetTOR+5.6 25.3 last 10 · 19.7 season
Mikal BridgesPHX+5.5 22.7 last 10 · 17.2 season
Cold
Donovan MitchellCLE−7.4 19.4 last 10 · 26.8 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.6 9.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Bol BolORL−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−5.0 8.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season