FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 25, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed SAS by 7 at halftime and won 117–114.

Final
SAS114
NYK117
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +3
Final
MIN105
DAL99
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +6
Final
PHI118
BOS114
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +4
Final
LAL115
GSW113
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +2
Final
DEN100
PHX110
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +10
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 · 2023–24Dec 25, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL @ PHX), 50 points.
The lead · SAS @ NYK

Mikal Bridges scores 41 as New York beats San Antonio

New York won 117–114. Mikal Bridges: 41 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists. Victor Wembanyama scored 42 for San Antonio in the loss.

Game flow · NYK 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+1-7+5+3NYK AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS27312531114
NYK28233729117
Who led
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 20, 23, 19, 17, 29, 18, 14, 41NYK41 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 27, 24, 19, 22, 32, 11, 31, 21NYK21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 15, 25, 28, 20, 42, 30, 26, 42SAS42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Jeremy SochanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 14, 7, 15, 17, 20, 10, 15, 21SAS21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ GSW

Lakers hold off Golden State, 115–113

Lakers led 84–76 after three and held on to win by two. LeBron James led Lakers with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over GSW2NYK over SAS3PHI over BOS4MIN over DAL6PHX over DEN10Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.8Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Victor Wembanyama leads the day with 42

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.
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 15, 25, 28, 20, 42, 30, 26, 42SAS @ NYK · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Nov 9, 2018: 42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 20, 23, 19, 17, 29, 18, 14, 41NYK vs SAS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Mar 8, 2000: 40 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Season high41 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 10, 25, 29, 17, 21, 15, 20, 39DAL vs MIN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 23, 30, 19, 26, 2, 31, 10, 38GSW vs LAL · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 16, 25, 22, 40, 23, 27, 32, 33PHI @ BOS · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 33, 18, 34, 17, 28, 31, 43, 32BOS vs PHI · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Mikal BridgesNYK+3.8 21.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Obi ToppinIND+3.3 14.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+3.3 18.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.1 14.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 15.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Anthony DavisLAL−5.6 20.1 last 10 · 25.7 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.5 20.8 last 10 · 25.3 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Dalton KnechtLAL−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Christian BraunDEN−3.7 10.3 last 10 · 14.0 season