FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 3, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 11 after the first quarter and won 108–94.

Final · Box score
BOS122
DET120
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +2
Final · Box score
WAS123
BKN122
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +1
Final · Box score
LAL108
MEM94
Q1 LAL -11; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +14
Final · Box score
DEN124
MIN109
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +15
Final · Box score
UTA130
SAS109
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +21
Final · Box score
DAL108
CHI118
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +10
Final · Box score
LAC112
PHX107
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +20; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +5
Final · Box score
POR122
GSW137
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +15
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 3, 2020: 6 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL vs NOP), 46 points.
The lead · LAL @ MEM

Lakers climb back to beat Memphis

Memphis led by 11 after one. Lakers won it 108–94. LeBron James led Lakers with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-11+2+2+14LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25312131108
MEM3618211994
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 7 games: 22, 22, 18, 29, 26, 26, 22LAL22 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 6 games: 18, 28, 13, 20, 34, 17LAL17 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kyle AndersonPoints, last 6 games: 7, 20, 28, 9, 18, 18MEM18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 6 games: 15, 13, 14, 20, 14, 14MEM14 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · BOS @ DET

Boston edges Detroit by two

Detroit won the fourth 32–31, but Boston held on, 122–120. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 31 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over BKN1BOS over DET2LAC over PHX5CHI over DAL10LAL over MEM14DEN over MIN15GSW over POR15UTA over SAS21Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.4Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 26.4 in 5 earlier games. Today: 62 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
20.32019–20 avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 2019–20 (63 games). Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 62

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 6 games: 20, 19, 36, 31, 26, 62GSW vs POR · W
32.3 PPG season to date · +35.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Devin Booker PHX, Jan 26, 2024: 62 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Career high62 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 7 games: 22, 17, 33, 23, 22, 16, 39CHI vs DAL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 7 games: 33, 23, 15, 18, 23, 25, 39LAC @ PHX · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 5 games: 9, 23, 21, 31, 36DEN @ MIN · W
24.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 6 games: 9, 32, 31, 20, 34, 32POR @ GSW · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 6 games: 12, 4, 11, 16, 2, 31DAL @ CHI · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST