FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 5, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed POR by 18 after the first quarter and won 111–108.

Final · Box score
UTA96
BKN130
Q1 BKN +21; Q2 BKN +19; Q3 BKN +25; Q4 BKN +34
Final · Box score
LAL94
MEM92
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +2
Final · Box score
MIN116
DEN123
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +7
Final · Box score
SAS116
LAC113
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final · Box score
CHI111
POR108
Q1 CHI -18; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +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 · 2019–20Jan 5, 2020: 5 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs MEM), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ POR

Chicago storms back from 18 down to beat Portland

The Bulls trailed by 18 after one and won 111–108. Coby White led Chicago with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-18-9-4+3CHI AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI21243630111
POR39153123108
Who led
Coby WhitePoints, last 8 games: 9, 12, 20, 18, 16, 12, 23, 21CHI21 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 8 games: 14, 10, 12, 16, 28, 9, 15, 19CHI19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 7 games: 23, 44, 20, 25, 28, 28, 26POR26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 7 games: 9, 32, 31, 20, 34, 32, 24POR24 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · LAL @ MEM

Lakers take over late to edge Memphis

Down 1 after three, Lakers won the fourth 27–24. Final: 94–92. Anthony Davis led Lakers with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over MEM2SAS over LAC3CHI over POR3DEN over MIN7BKN over UTA34Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
6.82019–20 avg13.0Last 3

13.0 points a game over his last three games, against 6.8 in 2019–20 (63 games). Today: 17 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 5 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic 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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 7 games: 29, 24, 19, 26, 17, 19, 35DEN vs MIN · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 7 games: 18, 25, 4, 22, 14, 18, 33MIN @ DEN · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 7 games: 20, 21, 20, 23, 15, 22, 31UTA @ BKN · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 6 games: 26, 21, 28, 20, 15, 30LAC vs SAS · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 7 games: 26, 37, 25, 25, 18, 30, 29BKN vs UTA · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 7 games: 18, 28, 13, 20, 34, 17, 27LAL @ MEM · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST