FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 17, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed CHI by 5 after three quarters and won 125–123.

Final
ORL94
BOS121
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +27
Final
MIN116
NYK99
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +17
Final
CHA125
CHI123
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +2
Final
DEN133
MIA113
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +20
Final
TOR112
MIL130
Q1 MIL +15; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +18
Final
UTA123
NOP136
Q1 NOP +20; Q2 NOP +9; Q3 NOP +16; Q4 NOP +13
Final
OKC98
DAL106
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MEM140
SAS112
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +28
Final
BKN101
LAL102
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +1
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 17, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL @ LAL), 33 points.
The lead · CHA @ CHI

Charlotte takes over late to edge Chicago

Down 5 after three, Charlotte won the fourth 27–20. Final: 125–123. LaMelo Ball led Charlotte with 26 points, 1 rebound and 9 assists. Nikola Vucevic scored 40 for Chicago in the loss.

Game flow · CHA 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+2-5+2CHA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA36372527125
CHI29423220123
Who led
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 34, 23, 31, 24, 32, 25, 27, 26CHA26 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 19, 31, 20, 11, 21, 21, 25, 21CHA21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 22, 24, 10, 23, 18, 22, 14, 40CHI40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 33, 35, 31, 33, 36, 25, 15, 19CHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Second story · OKC @ DAL

Dallas upsets OKC

Dallas (22–19) beat OKC (34–6) 106–98. Kyrie Irving led Dallas with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over BKN1CHA over CHI2DAL over OKC8NOP over UTA13MIN over NYK17MIL over TOR18DEN over MIA20BOS over ORL27MEM over SAS28Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Vucevic 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.
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 22, 24, 10, 23, 18, 22, 14, 40CHI vs CHA · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Alonzo Mourning MIA, Mar 12, 1996: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Season high40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 35, 15, 20, 21, 15, 12, 14, 38LAL vs BKN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 53, 37, 32, 21, 15, 41, 28, 36MIN @ NYK · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 31, 11, 25, 41, 24, 33, 26, 35MIL vs TOR · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 13, 19, 21, 7, 17, 45, 22, 30DEN @ MIA · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 33, 20, 26, 29, 15, 38, 16, 30BOS vs ORL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 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
Jalen GreenHOU+6.0 27.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Max ChristieLAL+5.0 13.3 last 10 · 8.3 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.7 22.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.6 18.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Gradey DickTOR−5.0 11.1 last 10 · 16.1 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