FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 3, 2025Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed HOU by 11 after three quarters and won 124–118.

Final
WAS124
CHA114
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +23; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +10
Final
ATL132
DET130
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +2
Final
HOU118
NYK124
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -11; Q4 NYK +6
Final
SAS109
MEM128
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +19
Final
SAC116
MIN114
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +2
Final
MIL96
OKC125
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +34; Q3 OKC +41; Q4 OKC +29
Final
NOP113
DEN125
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +12
Final
IND112
UTA111
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +1
Final
ORL99
GSW104
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +5
Final · OT
PHX119
POR121
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
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 3, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ ATL), 60 points.
The lead · HOU @ NYK

Jalen Brunson scores 42, New York rallies past Houston

New York trailed by 11 after three and won 124–118.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-5-11+6NYK AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU27303229118
NYK25272646124
Who led
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 26, 34, 17, 25, 20, 30, 17, 42NYK42 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 26, 13, 25, 18, 24, 14, 11, 22NYK22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Amen ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 17, 16, 23, 33, 11, 21, 8, 25HOU25 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 19, 10, 26, 12, 25, 25, 29, 21HOU21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: OKC by 29.

IND over UTA1ATL over DET2SAC over MIN2POR over PHX2GSW over ORL5NYK over HOU6WAS over CHA10DEN over NOP12MEM over SAS19OKC over MIL29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.3Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 2.3 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 42

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 26, 34, 17, 25, 20, 30, 17, 42NYK vs HOU · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury NJN, Jan 27, 2000: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 19, 24, 22, 16, 14, 32, 40, 41NOP @ DEN · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Todd Day BOS, Dec 22, 1995: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ties career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 15, 19, 20, 11, 18, 9, 24, 15, 36DEN vs NOP · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 40, 27, 54, 31, 35, 52, 29, 34OKC vs MIL · W
32.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 43, 28, 27, 13, 18, 16, 21, 15, 34, 34ATL @ DET · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 35, 15, 32, 18, 26, 28, 31, 37, 34PHX @ POR · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Tyrese MaxeyPHI+5.8 33.5 last 10 · 27.7 season
Stephon CastleSAS+5.5 17.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.4 11.3 last 10 · 5.9 season
Daniel GaffordDAL+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Isaiah JoeOKC+5.1 14.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.9 19.1 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jeremy SochanSAS−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−5.4 5.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−4.3 3.6 last 10 · 7.9 season
LaMelo BallCHA−4.0 24.2 last 10 · 28.2 season