FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 31, 2024Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DEN by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–100.

Final
CHI117
CHA110
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +7
Final
DET121
CLE128
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +7
Final
LAC125
WAS109
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +27; Q4 LAC +16
Final
SAC106
MIA115
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +9
Final
NOP110
HOU99
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +7; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +11
Final
DAL87
MIN121
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +34
Final
DEN100
OKC105
Q1 OKC -9; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +5
Final
ORL108
SAS98
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +10
Final
PHX136
BKN120
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +16
Final
MIL116
POR119
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +3
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 31, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK vs LAL), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ OKC

SGA pours in 34, OKC beats Denver

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 34 points in a 105–100 win.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-9-4+1+5OKC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN28232128100
OKC19282632105
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 31, 33, 33, 32, 31, 31, 37, 34OKC34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 15, 15, 8, 17, 20, 9, 4, 18OKC18 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 16, 2, 11, 9, 12, 18, 8, 16DEN16 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 17, 35, 19, 31, 9, 23, 35, 16DEN16 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Dallas by 34, the widest margin of 10 games.

POR over MIL3OKC over DEN5CHI over CHA7CLE over DET7MIA over SAC9ORL over SAS10NOP over HOU11LAC over WAS16PHX over BKN16MIN over DAL34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 46 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 45

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 45, 34, 31, 18, 25, 23, 32, 28, 45CLE vs DET · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Apr 13, 2004: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Ties season high45 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 18, 23, 17, 26, 25, 15, 13, 35CHI @ CHA · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 31, 33, 33, 32, 31, 31, 37, 34OKC vs DEN · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 26, 40, 43, 12, 20, 15, 20, 33PHX @ BKN · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Keegan MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 4, 18, 27, 13, 14, 15, 5, 33SAC @ MIA · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 16, 25, 15, 15, 17, 28, 26, 31MIA vs SAC · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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+8.1 25.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+6.7 15.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+6.4 21.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.7 34.0 last 10 · 28.3 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.2 14.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−6.5 14.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Max StrusCLE−4.6 8.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Chet HolmgrenOKC−4.4 12.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cole AnthonyORL−4.2 8.4 last 10 · 12.6 season