FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 4, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MIA by 10 at halftime and won 133–124.

Final
DAL116
PHI118
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +2
Final
HOU97
BKN99
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN -2; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +2
Final
BOS112
CLE105
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +7
Final
NYK121
TOR115
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +6
Final
MIA124
CHI133
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -10; Q3 CHI -9; Q4 CHI +9
Final
LAL122
LAC97
Q1 LAL +16; Q2 LAL +23; Q3 LAL +23; Q4 LAL +25
Final
IND89
POR112
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +23
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 4, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (PHX @ WAS), 43 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHI

Chicago rallies from 10 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 10 at the half, Chicago outscored the Heat 73–54 the rest of the way. Final: 133–124. Josh Giddey led Chicago with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-5-10-9+9CHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA37333321124
CHI32283439133
Who led
Josh GiddeyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 18, 16, 10, 12, 10, 15, 20, 24CHI24 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Matas BuzelisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 5, 3, 6, 9, 12, 12, 12, 24CHI24 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 22, 18, 21, 25, 30, 22, 11, 23MIA23 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 6, 12, 11, 17, 26, 21, 30, 23MIA23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Clippers by 25, the widest margin of 7 games.

PHI over DAL2BKN over HOU2NYK over TOR6BOS over CLE7CHI over MIA9POR over IND23LAL over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.7Season avg36.4Last 5

36.4 points a game over his last five games, against 27.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 34

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 33, 36, 24, 22, 13, 25, 28, 34DAL @ PHI · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 28, 29, 31, 43, 30, 42, 34, 33PHI vs DAL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 36, 33, 19, 37, 33, 21, 34, 24, 12, 31CLE vs BOS · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 12, 34, 9, 27, 32, 37, 28, 28, 29PHI vs DAL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antoine Walker BOS, Jan 18, 2001: 29 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
29 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 26, 34, 17, 25, 20, 30, 17, 42, 28NYK @ TOR · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 13, 25, 18, 24, 14, 11, 22, 27NYK @ TOR · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 20 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
Tyrese MaxeyPHI+5.7 33.5 last 10 · 27.8 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+5.2 17.9 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
Payton PritchardBOS−4.0 9.7 last 10 · 13.7 season