FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 8, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed HOU by 7 after the first quarter and won 130–128.

Final
DET85
CLE113
Q1 CLE +18; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +28
Final
CHA104
WAS118
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +14
Final
PHI99
BOS106
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +7
Final
IND111
MIA116
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +5
Final
SAS98
TOR112
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +14
Final
SAC130
HOU128
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +2
Final
MIN143
UTA118
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +29; Q4 MIN +25
Final
DAL110
LAC104
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +6
Final
GSW122
POR125
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +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 8, 2022: 10 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL @ LAL), 44 points.
The lead · SAC @ HOU

De'Aaron Fox scores 31 as Sacramento wins in Houston

Final: 130–128. De'Aaron Fox made 11 of 23 shots from the field. Jalen Green scored 41 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-7-4+2+2SAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC30284131130
HOU37253531128
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 31, 17, 16, 29, 32, 31, 16, 31SAC31 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 9, 23, 17, 34, 15, 12, 17, 22SAC22 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 41, 10, 42, 19, 6, 12, 27, 41HOU41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 21, 21, 14, 10, 21, 10, 15, 18HOU18 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Detroit by 28, the widest margin of 9 games.

SAC over HOU2POR over GSW3MIA over IND5DAL over LAC6BOS over PHI7WAS over CHA14TOR over SAS14MIN over UTA25CLE over DET28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 0 rebounds, 8 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: 27, 23, 41, 10, 42, 19, 6, 12, 27, 41HOU vs SAC · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 10, 1997: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 18, 30, 20, 17, 18, 32, 16, 38MIA vs IND · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 21, 9, 15, 18, 22, 3, 21, 38GSW @ POR · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 26, 21, 24, 19, 21, 23, 19, 37TOR vs SAS · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 32, 22, 17, 17, 32, 38, 18, 36WAS vs CHA · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 60, 30, 42, 42, 29, 40, 28, 33POR vs GSW · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Paul NOH, Jan 14, 2009: 33 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
33 PTS · 10 REB · 11 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
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+6.0 23.7 last 10 · 17.7 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.7 27.7 last 10 · 22.0 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.7 25.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.6 36.5 last 10 · 30.9 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