FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 22, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 121–120.

Final
LAC131
CHA116
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +15
Final
NYK121
ORL133
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +12
Final
ATL115
NOP98
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +17
Final
WAS120
CHI121
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +1
Final
DET129
MIL116
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +13
Final
MEM102
DAL96
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +6
Final
SAC128
DEN123
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC -1; 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
On this day · 2024–25Nov 22, 2024: 8 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs IND), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ CHI

Chicago takes over late to edge Washington

Down 6 after three, Chicago won the fourth 29–22. Final: 121–120. Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-1-6-6+1CHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS41292822120
CHI40242829121
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 9, 11, 6, 21, 8, 27, 6, 28CHI28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Coby WhitePoints, last 3 games: 27, 25, 20CHI20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Corey KispertPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 16, 4, 8, 8, 4, 0, 9, 20WAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Cam WhitmorePoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 0, 19, 20, 11, 6, 13, 11, 20WAS20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAC @ DEN

Sacramento upsets Denver

Sacramento (3–13) beat Denver (12–3) 128–123. Russell Westbrook led Sacramento with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over WAS1SAC over DEN5MEM over DAL6ORL over NYK12DET over MIL13LAC over CHA15ATL over NOP17Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg38.4Last 5

38.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
34.32024–25 avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 2024–25 (27 games). Today: 21 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.6Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 4.6 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 55

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 13, 35, 23, 41, 37, 28, 31, 55LAC @ CHA · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +28.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 20, 2003: 55 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Season high55 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 32, 35, 55, 27, 36, 28, 34, 44DEN vs SAC · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant GSW, Nov 24, 2018: 44 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
44 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 20, 19, 28, 25, 29, 18, 20, 37ORL vs NYK · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 31, 16, 23, 19, 32, 31, 28, 33NYK @ ORL · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 15, 15, 15, 17, 20, 13, 16, 30ATL @ NOP · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 12, 30, 21, 33, 31, 34, 26, 46, 25, 29DET @ MIL · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST