FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 1, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ATL127
IND132
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +5
Final
ORL99
UTA113
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +14
Final
DEN107
CHA104
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +3
Final
BKN110
HOU98
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +15; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +12
Final
WAS105
MIN103
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +2
Final
SAC110
OKC144
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +27; Q3 OKC +23; Q4 OKC +34
Final
LAL128
NYK112
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +16
Final
MIA105
SAS103
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +2
Final
PHX108
POR127
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +19
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 · 2023–24Feb 1, 2024: 4 games. Top scorer: Tyrese Maxey (PHI @ UTA), 51 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIN

Kyle Kuzma scores 31 as Washington wins in Minnesota

Final: 105–103. Kyle Kuzma made 13 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · WAS 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+1+1+6+2WAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS27312522105
MIN26312026103
Who led
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 13, 12, 7, 30, 7, 19, 13, 31WAS31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 11, 15, 24, 19, 15, 3, 19, 19WAS19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jaden McDanielsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 13, 11, 27, 13, 10, 14, 4, 23MIN23 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 17, 4, 14, 14, 18, 4, 16, 16MIN16 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Sacramento by 34.

WAS over MIN2MIA over SAS2DEN over CHA3IND over ATL5BKN over HOU12UTA over ORL14LAL over NYK16POR over PHX19OKC over SAC34Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.5Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 32.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 41 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Aaron Wiggins leads the day with 41

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.
Aaron WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 4, 12, 12, 10, 9, 4, 2, 41OKC vs SAC · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +31.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Dec 20, 2000: 41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Career high41 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 35, 15, 32, 18, 26, 28, 31, 37PHX @ POR · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 30, 35, 30, 20, 32, 29, 24, 37ORL @ UTA · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 43, 28, 27, 13, 18, 16, 21, 15, 34ATL @ IND · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 17 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 25, 21, 20, 25, 22, 31, 24, 33LAL @ NYK · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury NJN, Jan 20, 2001: 33 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
33 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 13, 12, 7, 30, 7, 19, 13, 31WAS @ MIN · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 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
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.7 12.5 last 10 · 5.8 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI+5.5 33.0 last 10 · 27.5 season
Daniel GaffordDAL+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+4.6 31.2 last 10 · 26.6 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.9 19.1 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jeremy SochanSAS−5.6 6.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Nikola JokicDEN−5.4 24.2 last 10 · 29.6 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−5.1 5.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jayson TatumBOS−5.0 21.7 last 10 · 26.7 season