FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 2, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ATL by 12 at halftime and won 96–91.

Final · Box score
SAC94
HOU102
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +8
Final · Box score
NYK106
IND102
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +4
Final · Box score
OKC108
ORL99
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +9
Final · Box score
CHA112
PHI127
Q1 PHI +15; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +15
Final · Box score
CLE96
ATL91
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -12; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +5
Final · Box score
TOR116
NOP120
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +4
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 · 2019–20Jan 2, 2020: 9 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs BKN), 31 points.
The lead · CLE @ ATL

Cleveland rallies from 12 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 12 at the half, Cleveland outscored the Hawks 52–35 the rest of the way. Final: 96–91. Collin Sexton led Cleveland with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-10-12-4+5CLE AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2519262696
ATL3521181791
Who led
Collin SextonPoints, last 6 games: 27, 32, 22, 20, 28, 27CLE27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 6 games: 13, 11, 7, 11, 7, 14CLE14 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
De'Andre HunterPoints, last 6 games: 11, 15, 11, 11, 23, 17ATL17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 4 games: 7, 7, 12, 16ATL16 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Second story · TOR @ NOP

New Orleans beats Toronto, 120–116

New Orleans led 87–82 after three and won by 4. Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over IND4NOP over TOR4CLE over ATL5HOU over SAC8OKC over ORL9PHI over CHA15Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
14.42019–20 avg19.0Last 2

19.0 points a game over his last two games, against 14.4 in 2019–20 (36 games). Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
28.82019–20 avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 2019–20 (62 games). Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Terry Rozier leads the day with 35

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.
Terry RozierPoints, last 6 games: 42, 19, 19, 18, 6, 35CHA @ PHI · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 6 games: 21, 18, 25, 19, 17, 33IND vs NYK · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 6 games: 24, 28, 28, 13, 20, 31NOP vs TOR · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 6 games: 15, 22, 15, 28, 19, 30ORL vs OKC · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 2 games: 22, 28HOU vs SAC · W
25.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 5 games: 9, 27, 8, 25, 27TOR @ NOP · L
19.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST