FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 3, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHA by 13 at halftime and won 98–94.

Final
CHA94
DET98
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -13; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +4
Final
ORL106
TOR97
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +9
Final
BOS109
HOU86
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +23
Final
WAS120
NOP132
Q1 NOP -8; Q2 NOP -6; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +12
Final
NYK107
OKC117
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC -12; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 OKC +10
Final
CLE134
DAL122
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +12
Final
SAS113
DEN110
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +3
Final
MEM133
SAC138
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +5
Final
ATL102
LAL119
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +17
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 3, 2024: 12 games. Top scorer: Paolo Banchero (ORL @ SAC), 43 points.
The lead · CHA @ DET

Detroit climbs out of a 13-point hole against Charlotte

Down 13 at the half, the Pistons won the third quarter 32–17 and the game 98–94. Tobias Harris led Detroit with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-13+2+4DET AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA3134171294
DET2626321498
Who led
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 9, 8, 10, 6, 4, 7, 17, 24DET24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 20, 33, 28, 20, 33, 17, 19, 18DET18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 24, 16, 15, 24, 22, 19, 31, 20CHA20 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Mark WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 15, 7, 16, 12, 16, 12, 20, 18CHA18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NYK @ OKC

OKC fights back from 12 down against New York

Final: 117–107, after trailing by 12 at the half. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs NYK
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · OKCMikal Bridges · NYKPTS3324REB43AST72Top 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
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
27.72023–24 avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 2023–24 (68 games). Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 50

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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 36, 15, 18, 13, 24, 13, 32, 33, 22, 50NOP vs WAS · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +28.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 12, 2003: 51 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ties career high50 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 27, 32, 25, 27, 37, 36, 23, 41DEN vs SAS · L
31.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James MIA, May 20, 2012: 40 PTS · 18 REB · 9 AST
41 PTS · 18 REB · 9 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 42, 30, 26, 42, 19, 34, 27, 35SAS @ DEN · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 41, 4, 21, 15, 22, 22, 26, 7, 20, 34CLE @ DAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29, 33OKC vs NYK · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 35, 23, 29, 27, 11, 34, 30, 33ATL @ LAL · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 0 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
Max ChristieLAL+4.8 12.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
LeBron JamesLAL+4.6 28.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
Victor WembanyamaSAS+4.4 30.3 last 10 · 25.9 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.2 17.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Keon JohnsonBKN+4.1 11.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Buddy HieldGSW−5.1 7.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.5 20.0 last 10 · 24.5 season
Dennis SchroderGSW−3.4 12.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.3 22.5 last 10 · 25.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−3.3 17.5 last 10 · 20.8 season