FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 29, 2024Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed BKN by 18 at halftime and won 102–101.

Final
BKN101
ORL102
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -18; Q3 ORL -15; Q4 ORL +1
Final
IND123
BOS114
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +9
Final
ATL136
TOR107
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +22; Q4 ATL +29
Final
MIA104
HOU100
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +4
Final
MEM106
OKC130
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +26; Q3 OKC +28; Q4 OKC +24
Final
SAS110
MIN112
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +2
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 29, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Terry Rozier (CHA @ PHX), 42 points.
The lead · BKN @ ORL

Orlando storms back from 18 down to beat Brooklyn

The Magic trailed by 18 at the half and won 102–101. Tristan Da Silva led Orlando with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-6-18-15+1ORL AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN27342218101
ORL21222534102
Who led
Tristan Da SilvaPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 6, 20, 15, 8, 18, 18, 0, 21ORL21 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Goga BitadzePoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 12, 8, 15, 18, 8, 10, 14, 19ORL19 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 17, 17, 43, 16, 18, 34, 23, 25BKN25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jalen WilsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 15, 13, 6, 9, 8, 4, 11, 16BKN16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ MIN

Minnesota rallies from 8 down to beat San Antonio

Trailing by 8 after one, Minnesota outscored the Spurs 87–77 the rest of the way. Final: 112–110. Donte DiVincenzo led Minnesota with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs SAS
Donte DiVincenzo · MINVictor Wembanyama · SASPTS2634REB78AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 31, 39, 32, 21, 35, 25, 41, 45, 22, 35OKC vs MEM · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 15, 22, 35, 23, 29, 27, 11, 34ATL @ TOR · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 28, 20, 42, 30, 26, 42, 19, 34SAS @ MIN · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 32, 21, 13, 14, 16, 4, 19, 31IND @ BOS · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 14, 11, 19, 19, 35, 23, 44, 31BOS vs IND · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 23, 23, 28, 22, 17, 20, 28, 27MIA @ HOU · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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+3.7 21.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Max ChristieLAL+3.6 10.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+3.6 20.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Goga BitadzeORL+3.5 13.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 16.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.3 12.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 22.5 last 10 · 26.0 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.3 13.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Christian BraunDEN−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
OG AnunobyNYK−3.1 13.2 last 10 · 16.3 season