FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 25, 2023Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 126–119.

Final
ATL110
CHA116
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +6
Final
WAS120
IND143
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +23
Final
BOS108
NYK104
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +4
Final
HOU86
ORL116
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +30
Final
CLE114
BKN113
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +1
Final
DET102
MIA103
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +1
Final
MIN94
TOR97
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +3
Final
OKC124
CHI104
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +20
Final
NOP111
MEM104
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +12; Q4 NOP +7
Final
SAC130
UTA114
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +16
Final
DAL126
SAS119
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +7
Final
POR111
LAC123
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +20; Q3 LAC +26; Q4 LAC +12
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 · 2022–23Oct 25, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL @ NOP), 37 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAS

Luka Doncic posts 33-13-10 as Dallas tops San Antonio

A triple-double in a 126–119 win.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4+5+7DAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL36283230126
SAS43252328119
Who led
Luka DoncicDAL33 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Kyrie IrvingDAL22 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Devin VassellSAS23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Keldon JohnsonSAS17 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+25.4points, today vs 2022–23 avg
Points per game
10.62022–23 avg36Today

36 points today in 25 minutes, against 10.6 a game in 2022–23 (57 games).

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
19.32022–23 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 2022–23 (61 games). Line: 17 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.

Cooling off
−15.6points, today vs 2022–23 avg
Points per game
26.62022–23 avg11Today

11 points today in 38 minutes, against 26.6 a game in 2022–23 (67 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Houston by 30.

CLE over BKN1MIA over DET1TOR over MIN3BOS over NYK4CHA over ATL6NOP over MEM7DAL over SAS7LAC over POR12SAC over UTA16OKC over CHI20IND over WAS23ORL over HOU30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Cam Thomas leads the day with 36

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.
Cam ThomasBKN vs CLE · L
36.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumBOS @ NYK · W
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicDAL @ SAS · W
33.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Garnett MIN, Mar 4, 2007: 33 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
33 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Harrison BarnesSAC @ UTA · W
33.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC @ CHI · W
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Desmond BaneMEM vs NOP · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST