FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 15, 2024Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BKN by 14 at halftime and won 96–95.

Final
HOU115
PHI124
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +9
Final
NOP120
DAL125
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +5
Final
ORL98
NYK94
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +4
Final
DET129
WAS117
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +12
Final
SAS99
ATL109
Q1 ATL +19; Q2 ATL +35; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +10
Final
GSW107
MEM116
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +9
Final
CHI91
CLE109
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +18
Final · OT
MIA96
BKN95
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -14; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +1
Final
BOS105
TOR96
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +9
Final
IND105
UTA132
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +27
Final
OKC105
LAL112
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +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 15, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Nikola Vucevic (CHI vs GSW), 43 points.
The lead · MIA @ BKN

Jimmy Butler scores 31, Miami wins in overtime

Tied 88–88 after regulation. Final: 96–95.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-14-10+1MIA AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA16153720896
BKN22232419795
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 16, 23, 15, 20, 28, 15, 8, 31MIA31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 25, 12, 21, 9, 28, 17, 21, 29MIA29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 19, 22, 13, 15, 17, 42, 26, 26BKN26 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 15, 20, 0, 4, 19, 9, 26, 23BKN23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NOP @ DAL

Dallas handles New Orleans by 5

The Mavericks won the first quarter 33–17. Final: 125–120. Kyrie Irving led Dallas with 42 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over BKN1ORL over NYK4DAL over NOP5LAL over OKC7PHI over HOU9MEM over GSW9BOS over TOR9ATL over SAS10DET over WAS12CLE over CHI18UTA over IND27Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over NOP.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.1Season avg37.4Last 5

37.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.1 in 24 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 42

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 14, 29, 24, 35, 33, 44, 33, 42DAL vs NOP · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Feb 24, 2016: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 34, 41, 35, 42, 40, 51, 31, 31, 30, 41PHI vs HOU · W
34.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, May 24, 2012: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 32, 16, 6, 14, 19, 12, 9, 32, 24, 41DAL vs NOP · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 10, 1997: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Season high41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 40, 24, 13, 31, 28, 13, 21, 36ATL vs SAS · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 37, 34, 26, 22, 26, 17, 45, 34CLE vs CHI · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 21, 27, 13, 18, 16, 15, 19, 34DET @ WAS · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 2 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+4.9 27.7 last 10 · 22.8 season
Tobias HarrisPHI+4.6 22.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Collin SextonUTA+3.9 20.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+3.8 15.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tari EasonHOU+3.8 13.6 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−6.5 14.1 last 10 · 20.6 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.3 22.5 last 10 · 27.8 season
Brandon IngramNOP−4.6 16.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Killian HayesDET−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season