FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 21, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 109–93.

Final
NYK99
BKN95
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +4
Final
POR116
MIA107
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +9
Final
ORL93
TOR109
Q1 TOR -13; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +16
Final
PHI109
DEN144
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +35
Final
WAS88
LAL111
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +23
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 21, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN @ WAS), 42 points.
The lead · ORL @ TOR

Toronto climbs out of a 13-point hole against Orlando

Down 13 after one, the Raptors won the third quarter 40–20 and the game 109–93. RJ Barrett led Toronto with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-5+15+16TOR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3713202393
TOR24214024109
Who led
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 25, 16, 20, 10, 15, 22, 21, 19TOR19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 21, 18, 24, 16, 23, 18, 10, 17TOR17 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 50, 31, 34, 20, 22, 21, 10, 26ORL26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 2, 15, 13, 3, 8, 5, 12, 20ORL20 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 35 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · POR @ MIA

Portland handles Miami by 9

The Trail Blazers won the third quarter 36–22. Final: 116–107. Anfernee Simons led Portland with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over BKN4POR over MIA9TOR over ORL16LAL over WAS23DEN over PHI35Final margin, points. Pink = POR over MIA.
Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 29

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 36, 28, 18, 30, 21, 30, 22, 16, 29LAL vs WAS · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 31, 29, 30, 29, 33, 28, 37, 28PHI @ DEN · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 41, 46, 35, 19, 10, 24, 20, 27DEN vs PHI · W
30.1 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Terrence Williams NJN, Apr 9, 2010: 27 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 50, 31, 34, 20, 22, 21, 10, 26ORL @ TOR · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 17, 44, 27, 23, 30, 26, 13, 25NYK @ BKN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 36, 17, 22, 28, 11, 0, 13, 24POR @ MIA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+7.2 28.7 last 10 · 21.5 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+6.0 32.3 last 10 · 26.3 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.9 22.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Zach LaVineCHI+4.9 28.9 last 10 · 24.0 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Julius RandleMIN−4.0 14.9 last 10 · 18.9 season
Gradey DickTOR−3.9 12.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.8 19.3 last 10 · 23.1 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−3.8 7.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Royce O'NealePHX−3.6 6.1 last 10 · 9.7 season