FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 16, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
IND111
DET100
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +11
Final
PHX130
WAS123
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +7
Final
CLE114
OKC134
Q1 OKC +18; Q2 OKC +26; Q3 OKC +38; Q4 OKC +20
Final
LAC118
POR89
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +29
Final
HOU127
SAC132
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +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 16, 2024: 3 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs DEN), 41 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAC

Sacramento beats Houston, 132–127

Sacramento led 90–85 after three and won by 5. DeMar DeRozan led Sacramento with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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+1+9+5+5SAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU25273342127
SAC26352942132
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 18, 29, 12, 30, 24, 21, 28, 33SAC33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 14, 20, 31, 26, 23, 22, 18, 26SAC26 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 22, 27, 33, 29, 27, 42, 34, 28HOU28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 38, 18, 23, 14, 14, 26, 32, 17, 20, 21HOU21 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHX @ WAS

Phoenix leads Washington wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 130–123. Best quarter: the second, 35–34. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 37 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over HOU5PHX over WAS7IND over DET11OKC over CLE20LAC over POR29Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.3Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 40, 29, 33, 33, 31, 39, 27, 32, 40OKC vs CLE · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Feb 17, 2021: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 20, 10, 39, 20, 34, 30, 35, 37PHX @ WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 18, 29, 12, 30, 24, 21, 28, 33SAC vs HOU · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 22, 27, 33, 29, 27, 42, 34, 28HOU @ SAC · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 16, 21, 20, 10, 11, 15, 17, 28IND @ DET · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 18, 15, 19, 26, 25, 18, 23, 26IND @ DET · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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
Jalen GreenHOU+6.0 27.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Max ChristieLAL+5.9 14.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Zach LaVineCHI+5.4 29.2 last 10 · 23.8 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Keon JohnsonBKN+4.7 13.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Gradey DickTOR−5.0 11.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.4 21.4 last 10 · 25.8 season
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.0 11.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tyus JonesPHX−3.8 7.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Ochai AgbajiTOR−3.5 7.1 last 10 · 10.6 season