FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 18, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed MEM by 5 at halftime and won 118–103.

Final
WAS109
NYK113
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +4
Final
CHI116
TOR110
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +6
Final
OKC134
UTA129
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +5
Final
MEM103
MIN118
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +15
Final
IND126
SAC121
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +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 18, 2023: 9 games. Top scorer: Jalen Green (HOU vs CHA), 41 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIN

Minnesota keeps rolling, beats Memphis

That is four in a row. Final: 118–103. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 36 for Memphis in the loss.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-5-5+15MIN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM30253117103
MIN30203137118
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 24, 36, 6, 29, 9, 33, 27, 28MIN28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 16, 15, 13, 19, 14, 8, 9, 20MIN20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 22, 18, 10, 24, 31, 28, 21, 18, 36MEM36 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Luke KennardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 2, 0, 9, 14, 11, 14, 11, 18MEM18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · WAS @ NYK

New York gets past Washington

113–109, with New York ahead 46–45 at halftime. Jalen Brunson led New York with 41 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over WAS4OKC over UTA5IND over SAC5CHI over TOR6MIN over MEM15Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 41

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 16, 31, 29, 33, 12, 30, 30, 41NYK vs WAS · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Feb 2, 2017: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 22, 18, 10, 24, 31, 28, 21, 18, 36MEM @ MIN · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 20, 6, 26, 12, 19, 10, 20, 31TOR vs CHI · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 36, 33, 34, 32, 28, 31, 37, 24, 19, 31OKC @ UTA · W
31.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 13, 22, 19, 22, 20, 27, 30, 31UTA vs OKC · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Kevin HuerterPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 2, 3, 17, 4, 0, 26, 10, 31SAC vs IND · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 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
Collin SextonUTA+4.5 21.7 last 10 · 17.2 season
Paolo BancheroORL+4.5 27.4 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+4.2 19.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jaden IveyDET+4.0 18.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Tari EasonHOU+3.8 13.6 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−7.0 13.2 last 10 · 20.2 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.2 22.7 last 10 · 27.9 season
Kevin DurantPHX−4.7 24.2 last 10 · 28.9 season
Brandon IngramNOP−4.4 17.2 last 10 · 21.6 season