FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 21, 2024Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed BKN by 15 after three quarters and won 125–114.

Final
BKN114
LAC125
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -12; Q3 LAC -15; Q4 LAC +11
Final
MIA87
ORL105
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +18
Final
DEN113
WAS104
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +9
Final
BOS116
HOU107
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +9
Final
IND110
PHX117
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +7
Final
POR110
LAL134
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +24
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 21, 2023: 7 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (MIN vs HOU), 44 points.
The lead · BKN @ LAC

Clippers storm back from 15 down to beat Brooklyn

The Clippers trailed by 15 after three and won 125–114. James Harden led Clippers with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-12-15+11LAC AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN27343815114
LAC24253541125
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 8, 15, 19, 14, 11, 14, 16, 24LAC24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 8, 7, 9, 6, 12, 12, 11, 23LAC23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 15, 17, 42, 26, 26, 21, 17, 26BKN26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 4, 19, 9, 26, 23, 8, 33, 20BKN20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · IND @ PHX

Phoenix leads Indiana wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 117–110. Best quarter: the first, 33–25. Kevin Durant led Phoenix with 40 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over IND7DEN over WAS9BOS over HOU9LAC over BKN11ORL over MIA18LAL over POR24Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic 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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 29, 4, 27, 27, 25, 25, 34, 42DEN @ WAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, May 7, 2022: 42 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Season high42 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 31, 23, 30, 18, 21, 27, 26, 40PHX vs IND · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Patrick Ewing NYK, Dec 23, 1995: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 13, 11, 19, 39, 14, 29, 20, 34LAL vs POR · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 19, 2, 19, 6, 17, 15, 21, 32BOS @ HOU · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 12, 32, 25, 22, 10, 25, 25, 24, 28LAL vs POR · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 35, 20, 24, 20, 31, 34, 16, 52, 26PHX vs IND · W
27.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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
Alec BurksDET+8.1 20.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Collin SextonUTA+6.3 23.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Jaden IveyDET+4.5 18.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Victor WembanyamaSAS+4.2 24.1 last 10 · 19.9 season
Georges NiangCLE+3.9 13.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.2 22.7 last 10 · 27.9 season
Brandon IngramNOP−5.2 16.3 last 10 · 21.5 season
Cam ThomasBKN−4.4 16.2 last 10 · 20.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.2 22.5 last 10 · 26.7 season