FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 28, 2025Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by HOU (vs ATL) and POR (vs MIL).

Final
HOU100
ATL96
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +4
Final
LAL104
PHI118
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +14
Final
UTA103
GSW114
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +11
Final
MIL112
POR125
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +13
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 28, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ ORL), 44 points.
The lead · HOU @ ATL

Houston makes it four straight

Houston beat Atlanta 100–96 and moved to 32–14. Jalen Green led Houston with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-5-1+9+4HOU AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU22273318100
ATL2723232396
Who led
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 42, 34, 28, 26, 19, 10, 26, 12, 25HOU25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 20, 21, 23, 11, 18, 26, 11, 18HOU18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 21, 43, 28, 27, 13, 18, 16, 21ATL21 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
De'Andre HunterPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 17, 12, 16, 22, 10, 8, 35, 16ATL16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIL @ POR

Portland beats Milwaukee, 125–112

Portland led 97–89 after three and won by 13. Deni Avdija led Portland with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over ATL4GSW over UTA11POR over MIL13PHI over LAL14Final margin, points. Pink = POR over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.6Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 26.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tyrese Maxey leads the day with 43

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.
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 29, 33, 28, 37, 28, 29, 31, 43PHI vs LAL · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Jan 31, 1997: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
43 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 41, 24, 33, 26, 35, 34, 25, 36, 35, 39MIL @ POR · L
31.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 29, 25, 21, 20, 25, 22, 31LAL @ PHI · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 9, 15, 20, 16, 13, 18, 28, 30POR vs MIL · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 23, 20, 21, 24, 18, 20, 19, 30UTA @ GSW · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 11, 0, 13, 24, 21, 27, 14, 25POR vs MIL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.0 11.5 last 10 · 5.5 season
Vit KrejciATL+5.0 11.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI+4.6 31.7 last 10 · 27.1 season
Darius GarlandCLE+4.5 26.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
Cold
Scotty Pippen Jr.MEM−4.8 4.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Derrick WhiteBOS−4.6 11.3 last 10 · 15.9 season
Gradey DickTOR−4.5 11.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.2 21.0 last 10 · 25.2 season
Jayson TatumBOS−4.2 22.7 last 10 · 26.9 season