FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 19, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed OKC by 10 after the first quarter and won 112–107.

Final
MIA116
BOS129
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +13
Final
PHI116
NYK107
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +9
Final
SAS126
ATL98
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +28
Final
CHI136
CLE125
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +11
Final
OKC107
MIN112
Q1 MIN -10; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +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 · 2024–25Dec 19, 2024: 13 games. Top scorer: Victor Wembanyama (SAS vs ATL), 42 points.
The lead · OKC @ MIN

Minnesota climbs out of a 10-point hole against OKC

Down 10 after one, the Timberwolves won the third quarter 35–34 and the game 112–107. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-10-3-2+5MIN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC33183422107
MIN23253529112
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 41, 43, 31, 39, 32, 44, 11, 15, 40, 26MIN26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 28, 24, 21, 27, 24, 21, 19MIN19 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28, 29, 32, 35OKC35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 11, 16, 22, 15, 25, 15, 17, 20, 17OKC17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHI @ NYK

Philadelphia tops New York in New York

Final: 116–107. Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 30 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over OKC5PHI over NYK9CHI over CLE11BOS over MIA13SAS over ATL28Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 35

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28, 29, 32, 35OKC @ MIN · L
32.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 15, 21, 6, 17, 18, 26, 15, 35CLE vs CHI · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 16, 22, 30, 19, 27, 11, 31, 33BOS vs MIA · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 41, 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30BOS vs MIA · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 54, 27, 20, 22, 44, 35, 35, 12, 28, 30PHI @ NYK · W
31.4 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 41, 43, 31, 39, 32, 44, 11, 15, 40, 26MIN vs OKC · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 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
Jaylen WellsMEM+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.9 16.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+4.9 23.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+4.5 19.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+4.2 22.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−4.7 20.4 last 10 · 25.1 season
De'Andre HunterCLE−4.5 10.6 last 10 · 15.1 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA−4.0 23.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.7 10.4 last 10 · 14.1 season