FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 27, 2024Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 113–112.

Final
WAS118
DET104
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +14
Final
MIA109
NYK125
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +16
Final
PHI105
DEN111
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +6
Final
HOU104
BKN106
Q1 BKN +20; Q2 BKN +20; Q3 BKN +18; Q4 BKN +2
Final
LAC115
BOS96
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +31; Q4 LAC +19
Final
UTA134
CHA122
Q1 UTA +23; Q2 UTA +35; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +12
Final
NOP117
MIL141
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +24
Final · 2OT
LAL145
GSW144
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +1
Final
MIN112
SAS113
Q1 SAS -13; Q2 SAS -12; Q3 SAS -10; Q4 SAS +1
Final
SAC120
DAL115
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +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 27, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL @ IND), 41 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

San Antonio climbs out of a 13-point hole against Minnesota

Down 13 after one, the Spurs won the fourth quarter 33–22 and the game 113–112. Devin Vassell led San Antonio with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-12-10+1SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN36282622112
SAS23292833113
Who led
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 4, 21, 17, 21, 22, 21, 15, 25SAS25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 26, 26, 27, 24, 33, 24, 23, 23SAS23 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 9, 33, 27, 28, 19, 9, 38, 24, 32MIN32 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 17, 27, 14, 19, 62, 27, 27, 19MIN19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 41 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 2 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
27.32022–23 avg9.5Last 2

9.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.3 in 2022–23 (62 games). Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat New Orleans by 24.

LAL over GSW1SAS over MIN1BKN over HOU2SAC over DAL5DEN over PHI6UTA over CHA12WAS over DET14NYK over MIA16LAC over BOS19MIL over NOP24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 46

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 26, 9, 15, 27, 26, 25, 33, 46GSW vs LAL · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Oct 31, 1997: 45 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Season high46 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 0, 5, 7, 20, 9, 12, 12, 12, 43CHA vs UTA · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +30.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Mar 9, 2003: 43 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Ties career high43 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 26, 23, 8, 33, 20, 14, 25, 37BKN vs HOU · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 22, 10, 25, 25, 24, 28, 25, 36LAL @ GSW · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Feb 22, 2026: 35 PTS · 20 REB · 12 AST
36 PTS · 20 REB · 12 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 3, 26, 19, 21, 32, 33, 24, 12, 29, 34SAC @ DAL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 22, 29, 32, 26, 22, 11, 29, 33UTA @ CHA · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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
D'Angelo RussellLAL+7.9 25.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+6.9 15.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Collin SextonUTA+5.9 23.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+5.7 20.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Alec BurksDET+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Terry RozierMIA−5.7 16.2 last 10 · 21.9 season
Cole AnthonyORL−5.4 7.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Brandon IngramNOP−5.1 16.2 last 10 · 21.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.4 23.3 last 10 · 27.7 season