FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 5, 2024Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed DEN by 13 at halftime and won 122–120.

Final
UTA97
BOS126
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +31; Q3 BOS +32; Q4 BOS +29
Final
ATL116
IND150
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +34; Q4 IND +34
Final
OKC115
BKN124
Q1 BKN +18; Q2 BKN +28; Q3 BKN +22; Q4 BKN +9
Final
WAS90
CLE114
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +25; Q4 CLE +24
Final
NYK128
PHI92
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +36
Final
CHA91
CHI104
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +13
Final
MIN122
HOU95
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +27
Final
LAC111
NOP95
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +24; Q4 LAC +16
Final
POR103
DAL139
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +33; Q4 DAL +36
Final
ORL122
DEN120
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL -13; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +2
Final
MIA97
PHX113
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +16
Final
DET109
GSW113
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +4
Final
MEM127
LAL113
Q1 MEM -9; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +14
Final
TOR130
SAC135
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +5
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 5, 2023: 4 games. Top scorer: Lauri Markkanen (UTA @ HOU), 49 points.
The lead · ORL @ DEN

Paolo Banchero posts 32-10-11 as Orlando tops Denver

A triple-double in a 122–120 win.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-13-3+2ORL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL28264127122
DEN37303122120
Who led
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 34, 24, 19, 29, 28, 27, 43, 32ORL32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Jalen SuggsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 11, 11, 20, 21, 4, 10, 24, 27ORL27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 31, 18, 26, 26, 19, 13, 34, 29DEN29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 8, 12, 15, 22, 19, 8, 12, 22, 8, 22DEN22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Fourteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: New York by 36.

ORL over DEN2GSW over DET4SAC over TOR5BKN over OKC9CHI over CHA13MEM over LAL14LAC over NOP16PHX over MIA16CLE over WAS24MIN over HOU27BOS over UTA29IND over ATL34NYK over PHI36DAL over POR36Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.4Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 34

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: 30, 31, 34, 34, 36, 40, 24, 36, 33, 34OKC @ BKN · L
31.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 34, 24, 19, 29, 28, 27, 43, 32ORL @ DEN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, May 7, 2003: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 25, 40, 16, 17, 26, 34, 12, 32LAL vs MEM · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 31, 26, 40, 26, 33, 20, 29, 31LAL vs MEM · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 24, 21, 20, 19, 14, 22, 18, 10, 24, 31MEM @ LAL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Grayson AllenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 11, 32, 16, 16, 10, 12, 10, 31PHX vs MIA · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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+5.6 30.0 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cade CunninghamDET+5.3 28.7 last 10 · 23.4 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+4.9 31.4 last 10 · 26.5 season
Paolo BancheroORL+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.1 18.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−6.1 14.6 last 10 · 20.7 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.6 4.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ausar ThompsonDET−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−4.3 10.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Reggie JacksonDEN−3.6 8.4 last 10 · 12.0 season