FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 1, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHI by 9 after three quarters and won 113–107.

Final
ORL96
DET105
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +9
Final
CHI107
WAS125
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +18
Final
NOP108
MIA119
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +11
Final
UTA103
NYK119
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +16
Final
BKN113
TOR130
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +17
Final
DAL99
HOU110
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +11
Final
ATL120
DEN139
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +19
Final
PHI107
SAC113
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -9; Q4 SAC +6
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 · 2023–24Jan 1, 2024: 8 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NYK vs MIN), 39 points.
The lead · PHI @ SAC

De'Aaron Fox goes for 35 in Sacramento win over Philadelphia

Sacramento won 113–107.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-50-9+6SAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI30273218107
SAC25322333113
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 29, 26, 31, 23, 26, 29, 33, 35SAC35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 25, 17, 7, 14, 15, 20, 14, 20SAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 33, 5, 11, 19, 12, 13, 9, 30PHI30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 40, 23, 27, 32, 33, 32, 23, 27PHI27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · BKN @ TOR

Brooklyn's skid reaches three

Toronto won 130–113; the Nets fall to 12–21. Scottie Barnes led Toronto with 33 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · BKN
Lvs MIL113–118L@ MEM119–135Lvs CLE101–130W@ TOR101–94Lvs UTA94–105L@ MIA95–110W@ MIL111–105Lvs SAS87–96L@ ORL101–102L@ TOR113–130BKN: last 10 games through Jan 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

De'Aaron Fox 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.
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 29, 26, 31, 23, 26, 29, 33, 35SAC vs PHI · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 16, 28, 26, 21, 21, 35, 18, 34NOP @ MIA · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 15, 16, 6, 24, 26, 19, 16, 33TOR vs BKN · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 23, 28, 22, 17, 20, 28, 27, 32MIA vs NOP · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 11, 32, 30, 13, 36, 14, 14, 37, 15, 32CHI @ WAS · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 32, 11, 31, 21, 16, 30, 32, 31NYK vs UTA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 21 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
Jonathan KumingaGSW+4.0 20.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+3.7 24.5 last 10 · 20.8 season
Victor WembanyamaSAS+3.7 29.3 last 10 · 25.6 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+3.5 23.3 last 10 · 19.8 season
Jalen SuggsORL+3.4 20.2 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.6 11.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−4.2 16.4 last 10 · 20.6 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−3.6 21.2 last 10 · 24.8 season
Taurean PrinceMIL−3.2 4.3 last 10 · 7.5 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−3.1 17.2 last 10 · 20.3 season