FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 29, 2025Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed UTA by 10 after the first quarter and won 136–134.

Final
HOU139
TOR121
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +18
Final
CLE105
BOS125
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +20
Final
ORL116
DET135
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +19
Final
ATL117
BKN112
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +5
Final
SAC113
CHI126
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +13
Final
IND105
DAL107
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +2
Final
NOP88
DEN122
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +34; Q4 DEN +34
Final
POR136
UTA134
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +2
Final
LAL116
MIN115
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +1
Final
MEM114
PHX113
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +1
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 · 2024–25Oct 29, 2024: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (MIN vs DAL), 37 points.
The lead · POR @ UTA

Portland turns it around against Utah

From 10 down after one to a 2-point win: 136–134. Jrue Holiday led Portland with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · POR 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+6+19+2POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR33463819136
UTA43302536134
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 5 games: 14, 12, 21, 24, 27POR27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 5 games: 20, 26, 23, 25, 19POR19 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 4 games: 20, 33, 51, 32UTA32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 4 games: 16, 18, 26, 29UTA29 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
21.32024–25 avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 2024–25 (65 games). Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−6.1points, last 2 vs 2024–25 avg
Points per game
12.12024–25 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 points a game over his last two games, against 12.1 in 2024–25 (66 games). Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat New Orleans by 34.

LAL over MIN1MEM over PHX1DAL over IND2POR over UTA2ATL over BKN5CHI over SAC13HOU over TOR18DET over ORL19BOS over CLE20DEN over NOP34Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 33

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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 5 games: 19, 26, 31, 24, 33MIN vs LAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 5 games: 12, 31, 15, 18, 32BKN vs ATL · L
21.6 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 5 games: 31, 18, 31, 34, 32PHX vs MEM · L
29.2 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 4 games: 20, 33, 51, 32UTA vs POR · L
34.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 5 games: 22, 17, 33, 8, 31TOR vs HOU · L
22.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 4 games: 23, 37, 19, 31HOU @ TOR · W
27.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST