FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 23, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by POR (vs ORL) and MIL (vs MIA) and GSW (vs CHI).

Final
SAS140
IND110
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +25; Q4 SAS +30
Final
POR101
ORL79
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +22
Final
TOR122
ATL119
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +3
Final
DAL121
OKC115
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +6
Final
MIA96
MIL125
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +29
Final
SAC123
DEN132
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +9
Final
CHI106
GSW131
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +25
Final
BOS96
LAL117
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +21
Final
WAS93
LAC110
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +22; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +17
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 23, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Mikal Bridges (BKN vs NYK), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ ORL

Portland routs Orlando by 22

Portland led by 8 at halftime and won 101–79. Anfernee Simons led Portland with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+8+15+22POR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR18292727101
ORL2118202079
Who led
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 17, 22, 28, 11, 0, 13, 24, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Toumani CamaraPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 15, 11, 6, 23, 0, 17, 0, 16POR16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 21, 21, 29, 20, 30, 35, 30, 20ORL20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Tristan Da SilvaPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 6, 16, 0, 0, 5, 12, 9, 16ORL16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 27 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.9Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 3.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · CHI @ GSW

Golden State rolls past Chicago, 131–106

The Bulls were held to 16 points in the third quarter. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over ATL3DAL over OKC6DEN over SAC9LAC over WAS17LAL over BOS21POR over ORL22GSW over CHI25MIL over MIA29SAS over IND30Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over CHI.
Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 35

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 JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 41, 46, 35, 19, 10, 24, 20, 27, 35DEN vs SAC · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook WAS, May 8, 2021: 33 PTS · 19 REB · 15 AST
35 PTS · 22 REB · 17 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 25, 19, 17, 24, 19, 19, 25, 33OKC vs DAL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 31, 39, 27, 32, 40, 27, 54, 31OKC vs DAL · L
32.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 20, 23, 10, 23, 13, 19, 21, 30SAS @ IND · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 26, 29, 22, 24, 30, 26, 25, 29MIL vs MIA · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook LAL, Nov 26, 2021: 29 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
29 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 17, 16, 8, 20, 16, 7, 9, 28DAL @ OKC · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 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+6.2 27.5 last 10 · 21.3 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.9 22.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Malik MonkSAC+4.8 22.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+4.5 9.5 last 10 · 5.0 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.6 10.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Gradey DickTOR−4.6 11.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Payton PritchardBOS−4.6 9.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Derrick WhiteBOS−4.5 11.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tyus JonesPHX−4.3 7.0 last 10 · 11.3 season