FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 9, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed POR by 8 after the first quarter and won 117–111.

Final
TOR126
CLE132
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +6
Final
GSW107
DET104
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +3
Final
MIN104
ORL89
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +15
Final
POR111
DAL117
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -8; Q4 DAL +6
Final
HOU119
MEM115
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +4
Final
ATL115
PHX123
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MIA97
UTA92
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +5
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 9, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL vs TOR), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ DAL

Dallas climbs back to beat Portland

Portland led by 8 after one. Dallas won it 117–111. Jaden Hardy led Dallas with 25 points, 0 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-8-5-8+6DAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR28303122111
DAL20332836117
Who led
Jaden HardyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 0, 11, 8, 11, 17, 15, 15, 25DAL25 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 7, 7, 28, 6, 15, 17, 22, 23DAL23 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 27, 23, 12, 19, 16, 20, 21, 22POR22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 8, 22, 25, 23, 28, 36, 17, 22POR22 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIA @ UTA

Miami handles Utah by 5

The Heat won the fourth quarter 29–22. Final: 97–92. Tyler Herro led Miami with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over DET3HOU over MEM4MIA over UTA5CLE over TOR6DAL over POR6PHX over ATL8MIN over ORL15Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Darius Garland leads the day with 40

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.
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 23, 25, 25, 14, 16, 25, 18, 40CLE vs TOR · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kyrie Irving CLE, Dec 26, 2013: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 10, 38, 18, 23, 14, 14, 26, 32HOU @ MEM · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 33, 17, 19, 18, 40, 32, 13, 32DET vs GSW · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 8, 32, 28, 20, 9, 23, 15, 25, 27MEM vs HOU · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 30, 14, 19, 22, 27, 33, 29, 27HOU @ MEM · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 27, 11, 28, 3, 8, 25, 10, 25PHX vs ATL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 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
Desmond BaneMEM+4.2 20.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.9 17.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Noah ClowneyBKN+3.5 12.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−5.2 10.3 last 10 · 15.5 season
Buddy HieldGSW−4.4 7.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Gradey DickTOR−4.2 12.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Payton PritchardBOS−4.1 10.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−3.7 17.1 last 10 · 20.8 season