FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 22, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed GSW by 17 at halftime and won 123–117.

Final
DET114
ATL104
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +10
Final
PHX108
BKN84
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +24
Final
MIN115
DAL114
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +1
Final
CLE108
HOU109
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +1
Final
CHA120
MEM132
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +30; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +12
Final
UTA114
OKC123
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +9
Final
GSW117
SAC123
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -17; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +6
Final · OT
BOS117
LAC113
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +4
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 22, 2024: 8 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs SAS), 70 points.
The lead · GSW @ SAC

DeMar DeRozan drops 32 in 17-point comeback win over Golden State

Golden State led by 17 at the half. Final: 123–117.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-170+6SAC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW24412032117
SAC20283738123
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 12, 30, 24, 21, 28, 33, 24, 32SAC32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 22, 21, 23, 22, 16, 20, 29, 26SAC26 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 24, 18, 9, 20, 24, 31, 4, 25GSW25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 11, 19, 17, 8, 18, 6, 6, 17GSW17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 2 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
25.62023–24 avg10.5Last 2

10.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.6 in 2023–24 (48 games). Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Suns rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Brooklyn by 24.

MIN over DAL1HOU over CLE1BOS over LAC4SAC over GSW6OKC over UTA9DET over ATL10MEM over CHA12PHX over BKN24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 54

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: 29, 33, 33, 31, 39, 27, 32, 40, 27, 54OKC vs UTA · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Dec 18, 2004: 54 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Career high54 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Mark WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 18, 11, 9, 24, 31, 19, 13, 38CHA @ MEM · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 39, 20, 46, 16, 11, 25, 33, 36DAL vs MIN · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 39, 20, 34, 30, 35, 37, 35, 15, 32PHX @ BKN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 12, 30, 24, 21, 28, 33, 24, 32SAC vs GSW · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 22, 23, 8, 5, 14, 16, 13, 30DAL vs MIN · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+6.2 27.5 last 10 · 21.3 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.9 22.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Zach LaVineCHI+4.9 28.9 last 10 · 24.0 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Malik MonkSAC+4.6 22.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Cold
Jaylen BrownBOS−4.5 18.7 last 10 · 23.2 season
Tyus JonesPHX−4.3 7.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Royce O'NealePHX−4.2 5.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.1 10.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Zach EdeyMEM−4.1 5.1 last 10 · 9.2 season