FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 13, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 132–125.

Final
HOU113
BOS145
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +32
Final
WAS127
ATL99
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +28; Q4 WAS +28
Final
NYK106
MEM94
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +12
Final
GSW118
MIL129
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +11
Final
ORL100
OKC112
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +13; Q4 OKC +12
Final
NOP118
DAL108
Q1 NOP +9; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +10
Final
CHI122
SAS116
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +6
Final
LAL125
UTA132
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +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 13, 2023: 9 games. Top scorer: Kyle Kuzma (WAS vs NYK), 40 points.
The lead · LAL @ UTA

Utah climbs out of an 8-point hole against Lakers

Down 8 after one, the Jazz won the third quarter 36–28 and the game 132–125. Lauri Markkanen led Utah with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. D'Angelo Russell scored 39 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-3+5+7UTA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL39282830125
UTA31333632132
Who led
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 17, 31, 17, 33, 21, 26, 22, 29UTA29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 8, 25, 13, 22, 19, 22, 20, 27UTA27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 15, 8, 16, 5, 13, 11, 19, 39LAL39 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 9, 20, 24, 19, 8, 11, 13, 19LAL19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NOP @ DAL

New Orleans beats Dallas, 118–108

New Orleans led 88–81 after three and won by 10. Jordan Hawkins led New Orleans with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over SAS6UTA over LAL7NOP over DAL10MIL over GSW11NYK over MEM12OKC over ORL12WAS over ATL28BOS over HOU32Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.8Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 24.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

D'Angelo Russell 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.
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 15, 8, 16, 5, 13, 11, 19, 39LAL @ UTA · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 36, 40, 24, 36, 33, 34, 32, 28, 31, 37OKC vs ORL · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jordan HawkinsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 1, 11, 2, 13, 12, 14, 0, 34NOP @ DAL · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 34, 30, 26, 44, 48, 25, 24, 33MIL vs GSW · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 11, 14, 29, 24, 35, 33, 44, 33DAL vs NOP · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 24, 15, 13, 31, 40, 35, 10, 32BOS vs HOU · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Paolo BancheroORL+4.7 27.6 last 10 · 22.9 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.4 28.8 last 10 · 24.4 season
Tobias HarrisPHI+4.3 22.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+4.2 19.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+4.1 15.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−6.7 13.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Ausar ThompsonDET−5.0 3.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Killian HayesDET−4.6 2.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−4.2 5.3 last 10 · 9.5 season