FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 18, 2025Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 12 after the first quarter and won 119–115.

Final
PHX125
DET121
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +4
Final · OT
ATL119
BOS115
Q1 ATL -12; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +4
Final
PHI102
IND115
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +13
Final
WAS114
GSW122
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +8
Final
CLE124
MIN117
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +7
Final
HOU125
POR103
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +22
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 18, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · ATL @ BOS

Atlanta needs overtime to survive Boston

Tied 104–104 after regulation. Atlanta won the final period 15–11 for a 119–115 win. Trae Young led Atlanta with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12+4-50+4ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL2131213115119
BOS3315302611115
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 34, 30, 33, 20, 24, 21, 43, 28ATL28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Dyson DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 9, 13, 11, 16, 13, 9, 18, 23ATL23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 44, 31, 12, 21, 14, 28, 16, 10, 20, 24BOS24 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 20, 26, 29, 15, 38, 16, 30, 23BOS23 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Second story · WAS @ GSW

Washington's skid reaches nine

Golden State won 122–114; the Wizards fall to 6–34. Andrew Wiggins led Golden State with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
Wvs CHI125–107L@ NOP120–132Lvs NOP98–110Lvs HOU112–135L@ PHI103–109L@ CHI105–138Lvs OKC95–136Lvs MIN106–120Lvs PHX123–130L@ GSW114–122WAS: last 10 games through Jan 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.5Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jordan Poole leads the day with 38

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.
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 25, 30, 26, 22, 13, 20, 18, 38WAS @ GSW · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 26, 15, 19, 11, 19, 35, 8, 36CLE @ MIN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 23, 26, 23, 25, 27, 31, 23, 36PHX @ DET · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 10, 39, 20, 34, 30, 35, 37, 35PHX @ DET · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 11, 15, 24, 18, 9, 20, 24, 31GSW vs WAS · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 16, 25, 18, 40, 20, 24, 20, 29CLE @ MIN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+7.1 28.7 last 10 · 21.6 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
Ochai AgbajiTOR−3.5 7.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tyus JonesPHX−3.5 7.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Brandon Boston Jr.NOP−3.3 7.3 last 10 · 10.6 season