FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 6, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BOS118
IND101
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +17
Final
NYK121
WAS105
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +16
Final
UTA120
PHI109
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
Final
MIL108
HOU112
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +4
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 6, 2023: 11 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (CHI @ PHI), 41 points.
The lead · MIL @ HOU

Houston gets past Milwaukee

112–108, with Houston ahead 63–43 at halftime. Alperen Sengun led Houston with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 48 for Milwaukee in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+20+16+4HOU AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL18253035108
HOU29342623112
Who led
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 37, 30, 24, 28, 26, 30, 19, 21HOU21 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 9, 5, 23, 31, 22, 14, 20, 16HOU16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 37, 28, 32, 32, 34, 30, 26, 44, 48MIL48 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 24, 19, 32, 12, 31, 13, 23, 25, 18MIL18 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · UTA @ PHI

Utah leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 120–109. Best quarter: the fourth, 33–30. Lauri Markkanen led Utah with 33 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MIL4UTA over PHI11NYK over WAS16BOS over IND17Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 48

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 37, 28, 32, 32, 34, 30, 26, 44, 48MIL @ HOU · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal ORL, Mar 22, 1996: 49 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
48 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 24, 25, 38, 28, 39, 35, 8, 39NYK @ WAS · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 15, 30, 25, 31, 25, 30, 30, 38BOS @ IND · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 30, 31, 24, 12, 17, 31, 17, 33UTA @ PHI · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 38, 24, 20, 28, 16, 31, 29, 33NYK @ WAS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 28, 24, 19, 31, 24, 15, 13, 31BOS @ IND · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
Julius RandleNYK+4.5 28.8 last 10 · 24.3 season
Paolo BancheroORL+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 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