FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 3, 2023Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed UTA by 1 after three quarters and won 117–115.

Final · Box score
Wizards113
Bucks123
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +10
Final · Box score
Celtics117
Thunder150
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +31; Q4 OKC +33
Final · Box score
Kings117
Jazz115
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
On this day · 2021–22Jan 3, 2022: 10 games. Top scorer: Trae Young (Hawks-Blazers), 56 points.
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The lead · Kings-Jazz

De'Aaron Fox scores 37 as Sacramento wins in Utah

Giannis Antetokounmpo goes for 55 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+9-1+2SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings35252829117
Jazz23283826115
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 37, 22, 26, 26, 31, 24, 19, 37SAC37 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 23, 28, 13, 20, 31, 28, 18, 21SAC21 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 24, 38, 21, 32, 29, 36, 29, 28UTA28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 23, 21, 23, 25, 22, 25, 22, 24UTA24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Wizards-Bucks

Milwaukee never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 123–113. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 55 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over UTA2MIL over WAS10OKC over BOS33Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over WAS.
Lead changes
Celtics-Thunder11
Kings-Jazz10
Shot of the night

Fox's layup at the buzzer breaks the tie, 117-115 final

The night in charts
Celtics-Thunder combined for 267, 31 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-ThunderCeltics 117, Thunder 150
267
Wizards-BucksWizards 113, Bucks 123
236
Kings-JazzKings 117, Jazz 115
232
SAC won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Kings-JazzKings 117, Jazz 115
+2 SAC
Wizards-BucksWizards 113, Bucks 123
+10 MIL
Celtics-ThunderCeltics 117, Thunder 150
+33 OKC
Brook Lopez shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Brook LopezMIL · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 6 BLK, 3 AST
77% (10-13)
MannOKC · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
73% (8-11)
FoxSAC · 37 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 2 BLK
68% (15-22)
GiddeyOKC · 25 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
JoeOKC · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
62% (8-13)
Final · Kings-Jazz
Kings 117Jazz 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings35252829117
Jazz23283826115
The story
Domantas Sabonis had 21 points and 14 rebounds as Sacramento beat Utah 117-115

Mike Conley led Utah with 18 PTS, 7 AST 21 PTS, 14 REB, 8 AST · 8-13 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Kings won the first 35-23, their biggest quarter edge.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +12+9−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Bucks
Wizards 113Bucks 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards28213628113
Bucks32292933123
The story
Brook Lopez's 21 points and 12 rebounds carried Milwaukee past Washington, 123-113

For Washington, Kristaps Porzingis had 22 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 21 PTS, 12 REB, 6 BLK, 3 AST · 10-13 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 29-21, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +4+12+5+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Thunder
Celtics 117Thunder 150
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics33213726117
Thunder34404828150
The story
Oklahoma City beat Boston 150-117 behind 21 points from Tre Mann

Malcolm Brogdon paced Boston: 17 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 8-11 FG, 5-8 3PT

The swing

A 40-21 second quarter did the most damage for the Thunder.

OKC lead by quarter
400 +1+20+31+33 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.1Season avg39.2Last 5

39.2 points a game over his last five games, against 32.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 55

Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 19, 42, 45, 26, 27, 45, 43, 55Bucks-Wizards · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Russell Westbrook OKC, Apr 12, 2015: 54 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Career high55 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 37, 22, 26, 26, 31, 24, 19, 37Kings-Jazz · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 24, 19, 36, 29, 39, 29, 30, 29Celtics-Thunder · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 24, 38, 21, 32, 29, 36, 29, 28Jazz-Kings · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 44, 31, 41, 30, 41, 38, 29, 25, 27Celtics-Thunder · L
30.8 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Josh GiddeyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 19, 11, 13, 20, 7, 21, 20, 25Thunder-Celtics · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jordan PooleGSW+7.7 28.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
CJ McCollumNOP+6.0 26.0 last 10 · 20.0 season
LeBron JamesLAL+5.4 34.4 last 10 · 29.0 season
Quentin GrimesNYK+5.1 15.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+4.9 16.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.7 18.9 last 10 · 22.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Terry RozierCHA−3.2 16.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.1 6.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Kyle LowryMIA−3.0 10.5 last 10 · 13.5 season