FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 2, 2025Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 116–98.

Final
IND128
MIA115
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +13
Final
BOS118
MIN115
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +3
Final
BKN113
MIL110
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +3
Final
LAC98
OKC116
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +18
Final
PHI105
GSW139
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +34
Final
POR106
LAL114
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +8
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 2, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC vs BOS), 36 points.
The lead · LAC @ OKC

OKC climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 8 after one. OKC won it 116–98. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4+18+18OKC AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC3022202698
OKC22264226116
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 35, 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29OKC29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 11, 33, 17, 20, 20, 14, 14, 18OKC18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Amir CoffeyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 16, 16, 0, 5, 11, 6, 14, 26LAC26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mo BambaPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 6, 2, 2, 0, 0, 2, 2, 12LAC12 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ MIN

Boston holds off Minnesota, 118–115

Boston led 91–85 after three and held on to win by three. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 33 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MIN3BKN over MIL3LAL over POR8IND over MIA13OKC over LAC18GSW over PHI34Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 39, 18, 19, 32, 28, 31, 23, 38LAL vs POR · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 13, 14, 16, 4, 19, 31, 12, 33IND @ MIA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 28, 31, 43, 32, 22, 22, 23, 33BOS @ MIN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 26, 2, 31, 10, 38, 22, 11, 30GSW vs PHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 35, 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29OKC vs LAC · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 11, 35, 31, 12, 34, 9, 27, 32, 37, 28PHI @ GSW · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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
Max ChristieLAL+4.3 12.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.2 17.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Keon JohnsonBKN+4.1 11.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+3.9 20.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+3.7 24.5 last 10 · 20.8 season
Cold
Buddy HieldGSW−5.1 7.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.5 20.0 last 10 · 24.5 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−4.2 16.4 last 10 · 20.6 season
Dennis SchroderGSW−3.4 12.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Dalton KnechtLAL−3.2 6.7 last 10 · 9.9 season