FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 14, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed CHI by 6 at halftime and won 119–113.

Final
CLE127
IND117
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +10
Final
OKC118
PHI102
Q1 OKC +16; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +16
Final
PHX117
ATL122
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +5
Final
NOP119
CHI113
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP -6; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +6
Final
SAC115
MIL130
Q1 MIL +21; Q2 MIL +21; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +15
Final
DEN118
DAL99
Q1 DEN +15; Q2 DEN +26; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +19
Final
BKN132
POR114
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +18
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 14, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ POR), 34 points.
The lead · NOP @ CHI

Trey Murphy III scores 32 in New Orleans win over Chicago

Final: 119–113. Trey Murphy III added 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0-4-60+6NOP AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP29243333119
CHI33262727113
Who led
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 21, 35, 18, 34, 17, 22, 30, 32NOP32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 9 games: 16, 14, 31, 12, 34, 29, 22, 16, 21NOP21 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 14, 37, 15, 32, 33, 35, 31, 33, 36, 25CHI25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 16, 12, 22, 24, 10, 23, 18, 22CHI22 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHX @ ATL

Atlanta never trails at a break against Phoenix

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 122–117. Trae Young led Atlanta with 43 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over PHX5NOP over CHI6CLE over IND10MIL over SAC15OKC over PHI16BKN over POR18DEN over DAL19Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.0Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 45

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.
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 21, 14, 13, 19, 21, 7, 17, 45DEN @ DAL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Martin SAC, Jan 3, 2009: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Season high45 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 11, 34, 30, 33, 20, 24, 21, 43ATL vs PHX · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 17, 2001: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Season high43 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Scoot HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 6, 12, 9, 0, 13, 20, 3, 39POR vs BKN · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +28.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 33, 23, 26, 15, 19, 11, 19, 35CLE @ IND · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 16, 20, 10, 39, 20, 34, 30, 35PHX @ ATL · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 30, 27, 31, 11, 25, 41, 24, 33MIL vs SAC · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Julius Randle NYK, May 15, 2021: 33 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
33 PTS · 11 REB · 13 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+6.5 15.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Zach LaVineCHI+5.1 29.1 last 10 · 24.0 season
Max ChristieLAL+5.0 13.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.6 15.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.6 21.7 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Gradey DickTOR−4.7 11.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.6 21.3 last 10 · 25.9 season
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.6 10.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Buddy HieldGSW−3.7 8.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Brandon Boston Jr.NOP−3.6 7.1 last 10 · 10.7 season