FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 4, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed BKN by 9 after the first quarter and won 123–110.

Final
GSW98
PHI99
Q1 PHI +20; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +1
Final
BOS146
WAS101
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +45
Final
UTA123
BKN110
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA -9; Q4 UTA +13
Final
LAL123
TOR120
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +3
Final
MIN125
NOP116
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +9
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 · 2024–25Dec 4, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Franz Wagner (ORL @ PHI), 35 points.
The lead · UTA @ BKN

Lauri Markkanen scores 30 in Utah win over Brooklyn

Final: 123–110. Lauri Markkanen added 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-9-9-9+13UTA AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA20293242123
BKN29293220110
Who led
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 47, 31, 19, 20, 17, 28, 18, 29, 30UTA30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 34, 20, 27, 28, 31, 0, 28, 29UTA29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Noah ClowneyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 19, 22, 31, 16, 6, 18, 20, 29BKN29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ziaire WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 12, 2, 5, 10, 10, 3, 8, 23BKN23 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ NOP

Minnesota makes it four straight

Minnesota beat New Orleans 125–116 and moved to 14–8. Julius Randle led Minnesota with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
Lvs DEN112–123Wvs DAL120–96Wvs WAS120–109L@ PHX113–114L@ SAC112–117L@ OKC105–113Wvs BOS119–115Wvs SAS125–112W@ NOP149–142W@ NOP125–116MIN: last 10 games through Dec 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Austin Reaves leads the day with 44

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.
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 31, 25, 26, 22, 31, 38, 33, 16, 44LAL @ TOR · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Terry ATL, Apr 13, 2002: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
44 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 39, 24, 54, 27, 20, 22, 44, 35, 35PHI vs GSW · W
32.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 15, 6, 16, 27, 16, 22, 30BOS @ WAS · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 47, 31, 19, 20, 17, 28, 18, 29, 30UTA @ BKN · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 34, 20, 27, 28, 31, 0, 28, 29UTA @ BKN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Noah ClowneyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 19, 22, 31, 16, 6, 18, 20, 29BKN vs UTA · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Noah ClowneyBKN+5.1 18.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Peyton WatsonDEN+4.8 15.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Collin GillespiePHX+4.6 18.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Desmond BaneORL+4.1 23.1 last 10 · 19.0 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATL+3.6 24.0 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cold
Zach LaVineSAC−4.1 15.7 last 10 · 19.8 season
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN−3.1 12.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Julius RandleMIN−3.0 19.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jake LaRaviaLAL−2.6 6.6 last 10 · 9.2 season