FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 2, 2024Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed SAC by 5 at halftime and won 111–104.

Final
CHI97
PHI110
Q1 PHI +25; Q2 PHI +31; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +13
Final
SAS98
MEM106
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +8
Final
BKN85
NOP112
Q1 NOP +14; Q2 NOP +25; Q3 NOP +27; Q4 NOP +27
Final
BOS123
OKC127
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +4
Final
ORL115
GSW121
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +6
Final
CHA111
SAC104
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +7
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 2, 2023: 11 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (CLE vs CHI), 71 points.
The lead · CHA @ SAC

Terry Rozier scores 34 as Charlotte wins in Sacramento

Final: 111–104. Terry Rozier made 13 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · CHA 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+4-5-3+7CHA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA25203036111
SAC21292826104
Who led
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 30, 6, 22, 25, 18, 18, 42, 34CHA34 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 9, 19, 22, 21, 20, 11, 26, 27CHA27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 14, 41, 30, 29, 23, 27, 43, 31, 24, 30SAC30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 28, 13, 28, 17, 34, 25, 13, 23SAC23 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ OKC

OKC makes it five straight

OKC beat Boston 127–123 and moved to 23–9. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 36 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · OKC
L@ SAC123–128W@ DEN118–117Wvs MEM116–97Wvs LAC134–115Lvs LAL120–129Wvs MIN129–106Wvs NYK129–120W@ DEN119–93Wvs BKN124–108Wvs BOS127–123OKC: last 10 games through Jan 2, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 36

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 43, 25, 30, 31, 34, 34, 36, 40, 24, 36OKC vs BOS · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 37, 7, 33, 30, 27, 18, 13, 25, 36GSW vs ORL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 21, 18, 15, 24, 28, 35, 14, 34BOS @ OKC · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 30, 6, 22, 25, 18, 18, 42, 34CHA @ SAC · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 50, 38, 34, 41, 35, 42, 40, 51, 31, 31PHI vs CHI · W
34.8 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Mar 15, 2021: 31 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
31 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 30, 23, 15, 30, 25, 31, 25, 30BOS @ OKC · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 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
Collin SextonUTA+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Anthony DavisLAL+5.1 30.1 last 10 · 25.0 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.5 39.3 last 10 · 34.8 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.4 28.8 last 10 · 24.4 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+4.0 12.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Jordan HawkinsNOP−6.0 4.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−4.3 10.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Mikal BridgesBKN−3.9 17.0 last 10 · 20.9 season
Nikola JokicDEN−3.5 22.2 last 10 · 25.7 season
Ausar ThompsonDET−3.5 5.6 last 10 · 9.1 season