FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 1, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MIA by 12 after the first quarter and won 121–104.

Final
MIN106
NYK112
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +6
Final
CLE121
TOR124
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +3
Final
DET113
HOU136
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +23
Final
IND122
MIL113
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +9
Final
CHA93
DEN111
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +18
Final
POR88
PHX109
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +25; Q4 PHX +21
Final
DAL90
UTA127
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +37
Final
MIA104
LAC121
Q1 LAC -12; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +17
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 · 2022–23Jan 1, 2023: 3 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM vs SAC), 35 points.
The lead · MIA @ LAC

Clippers rally from 12 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 12 after one, Clippers outscored the Heat 98–69 the rest of the way. Final: 121–104. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+1+10+17LAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA35232719104
LAC23363626121
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 41, 34, 31, 27, 36, 28, 30, 24LAC24 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 9, 25, 27, 22, 21, 25, 23, 23LAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 7, 22, 18, 18, 26, 17, 28, 21MIA21 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 16, 22, 9, 6, 8, 8, 12, 17MIA17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.1Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIN @ NYK

New York climbs out of a 9-point hole against Minnesota

Down 9 after one, the Knicks won the second quarter 38–17 and the game 112–106. Julius Randle led New York with 39 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs MIN
Julius Randle · NYKAnthony Edwards · MINPTS3935REB94AST02Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 39

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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 27, 26, 26, 24, 25, 38, 28, 39NYK vs MIN · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 33, 15, 27, 18, 31, 19, 22, 27, 35, 36TOR vs CLE · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 37, 32, 27, 27, 34, 25, 44, 31, 35MIN @ NYK · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 26, 14, 12, 23, 9, 29, 6, 31CLE @ TOR · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 64, 22, 26, 11, 37, 28, 32, 32, 34, 30MIL vs IND · L
30.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Lamar Odom MIA, Mar 6, 2004: 30 PTS · 19 REB · 11 AST
30 PTS · 18 REB · 11 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 40, 18, 23, 21, 16, 10, 9, 29MIN @ NYK · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Collin SextonUTA+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Anthony DavisLAL+5.1 30.1 last 10 · 25.0 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.4 28.8 last 10 · 24.4 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.2 39.2 last 10 · 35.0 season
Pascal SiakamTOR+3.9 26.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Mikal BridgesBKN−4.5 16.6 last 10 · 21.1 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−4.3 10.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.2 23.1 last 10 · 27.3 season
Herbert JonesNOP−3.6 6.9 last 10 · 10.5 season