FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 12, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed DAL by 15 after the first quarter and won 112–101.

Final
DEN112
DAL101
Q1 DEN -15; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -10; Q4 DEN +11
Final
MIL106
NYK140
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +34
Final
SAC124
CHI119
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +5
Final
NOP119
BOS120
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +1
Final
IND108
CLE93
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -13; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +15
Final
PHI99
ORL104
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +5
Final
OKC136
WAS95
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +24; Q3 OKC +35; Q4 OKC +41
Final · OT
BKN111
UTA112
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +1
Final
CHA113
PHX120
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +7
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 12, 2024: 10 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (CHI vs GSW), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ DAL

Denver storms back from 15 down to beat Dallas

The Nuggets trailed by 15 after one and won 112–101. Russell Westbrook led Denver with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-3-10+11DEN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN17412133112
DAL32292812101
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 16, 16, 9, 9, 26, 19, 25, 21DEN21 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 27, 37, 36, 23, 41, 46, 35, 19DEN19 PTS · 18 REB · 9 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 11, 12, 16, 16, 15, 13, 3, 25DAL25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 17, 30, 8, 2, 6, 19, 17, 16DAL16 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Washington by 41, the widest margin of 9 games.

BOS over NOP1UTA over BKN1SAC over CHI5ORL over PHI5PHX over CHA7DEN over DAL11IND over CLE15NYK over MIL34OKC over WAS41Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 24 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 44

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 55, 18, 22, 33, 24, 13, 27, 44NYK vs MIL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Bradley Beal WAS, Nov 13, 2019: 44 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
44 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 22, 23, 33, 20, 26, 29, 15, 38BOS vs NOP · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 37, 15, 32, 33, 35, 31, 33, 36CHI vs SAC · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 30, 32, 31, 17, 44, 27, 23, 30NYK vs MIL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 17, 16, 20, 10, 39, 20, 34, 30PHX vs CHA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 21, 21, 35, 18, 34, 17, 22, 30NOP @ BOS · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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
Keon JohnsonBKN+6.0 14.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Max ChristieLAL+4.9 13.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.7 21.5 last 10 · 16.8 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.6 18.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.5 15.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.8 10.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
Gradey DickTOR−4.7 11.8 last 10 · 16.5 season
Buddy HieldGSW−4.1 8.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 22.3 last 10 · 25.8 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−3.5 7.1 last 10 · 10.6 season