FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 8, 2025Regular season · 8 games
← Jan 7CalendarJan 9 →

8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed OKC by 7 after the first quarter and won 129–122.

Final
OKC122
CLE129
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +7
Final
CHI113
IND129
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +16
Final
WAS103
PHI109
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +6
Final
DET113
BKN98
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +15
Final
TOR98
NYK112
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +14
Final
POR119
NOP100
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +33; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +19
Final
LAC103
DEN126
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +23
Final
SAS105
MIL121
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +16
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 8, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Jaylen Brown (BOS @ IND), 40 points.
The lead · OKC @ CLE

Cleveland makes it eleven straight

Cleveland beat OKC 129–122 and moved to 32–4. Jarrett Allen led Cleveland with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-7+3+1+7CLE AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC32274320122
CLE25374126129
Who led
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 6, 7, 22, 12, 27, 11, 19, 25CLE25 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 22, 22, 26, 7, 20, 34, 17, 21CLE21 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29, 33, 33, 31OKC31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 20, 20, 14, 14, 18, 20, 10, 25OKC25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · WAS @ PHI

Philadelphia leads Washington wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 109–103. Best quarter: the first, 32–25. Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over WAS6CLE over OKC7NYK over TOR14DET over BKN15IND over CHI16MIL over SAS16POR over NOP19DEN over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over WAS.
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
18.6Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 31

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: 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29, 33, 33, 31OKC @ CLE · L
31.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 13, 36, 14, 14, 37, 15, 32, 33, 35, 31CHI @ IND · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 29, 26, 35, 15, 6, 20, 25, 30LAC @ DEN · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Noah ClowneyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 19, 20, 5, 13, 5, 3, 14, 29BKN vs DET · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 33, 32, 23, 27, 14, 18, 31, 29PHI vs WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 31, 21, 16, 30, 32, 31, 17, 44, 27NYK vs TOR · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 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
Keon JohnsonBKN+5.7 13.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Max ChristieLAL+4.9 13.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.7 18.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Trae YoungATL+4.0 26.6 last 10 · 22.6 season
Collin SextonUTA+4.0 21.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−5.6 9.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Buddy HieldGSW−5.0 7.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Payton PritchardBOS−4.1 10.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−3.7 17.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 22.3 last 10 · 25.8 season