FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 5, 2025Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed OKC by 20 after the first quarter and won 121–119.

Final
PHI121
CLE132
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +11
Final
UTA103
DET114
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +11
Final
BKN112
IND103
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN -5; Q3 BKN -3; Q4 BKN +9
Final
WAS107
BOS136
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +29
Final
MIN114
NYK137
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +23
Final
HOU124
MEM109
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +15
Final
NOP101
DAL99
Q1 NOP +10; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP +2
Final
MIA112
DEN122
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +10
Final
SAS116
LAL118
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +2
Final
OKC119
POR121
Q1 POR -20; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +2
Final
GSW116
SAC121
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · OKC @ POR

Portland storms back from 20 down to beat OKC

The Trail Blazers trailed by 20 after one and won 121–119. Deni Avdija led Portland with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-8-5+2POR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC41242133119
POR21362440121
Who led
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 8 games: 20, 26, 23, 25, 19, 23, 33, 26POR26 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 8 games: 14, 12, 21, 24, 27, 11, 8, 22POR22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 9 games: 35, 55, 30, 23, 31, 31, 30, 30, 35OKC35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Aaron WigginsPoints, last 9 games: 10, 23, 9, 11, 18, 8, 15, 12, 27OKC27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Washington by 29.

NOP over DAL2LAL over SAS2POR over OKC2SAC over GSW5BKN over IND9DEN over MIA10CLE over PHI11DET over UTA11HOU over MEM15NYK over MIN23BOS over WAS29Final 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
+4.6points, today vs 2024–25 avg
Points per game
11.42024–25 avg16Today

16 points today in 23 minutes, against 11.4 a game in 2024–25 (54 games).

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 46

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 7 games: 31, 35, 24, 35, 15, 37, 46CLE vs PHI · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Manu Ginobili SAS, Feb 13, 2008: 46 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Season high46 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 5 games: 43, 49, 44, 29, 35LAL vs SAS · W
40.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 9 games: 35, 55, 30, 23, 31, 31, 30, 30, 35OKC @ POR · L
33.3 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 9 games: 25, 23, 41, 15, 30, 32, 12, 36, 35BOS vs WAS · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 7 games: 21, 14, 25, 21, 21, 34, 33DEN vs MIA · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Jan 18, 1997: 34 PTS · 15 REB · 14 AST
33 PTS · 15 REB · 16 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 7 games: 12, 31, 15, 18, 32, 17, 32BKN @ IND · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST