FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 26, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed IND by 11 after the first quarter and won 140–122.

Final
MIA126
ATL111
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +15
Final
BOS140
IND122
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +18
Final
CHA120
ORL105
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +19; Q4 CHA +15
Final
TOR117
WAS138
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +21
Final
PHI102
CHI109
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +7
Final
MIL104
MEM125
Q1 MEM -10; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +21
Final
PHX115
NOP108
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +7
Final
DET129
UTA131
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +2
Final
LAC119
POR103
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +16
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 26, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC @ IND), 45 points.
The lead · BOS @ IND

Jaylen Brown scores 30, Boston rallies past Indiana

Boston trailed by 11 after one and won 140–122.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+14+20+18BOS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS28473629140
IND39223031122
Who led
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30BOS30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 15, 15, 11, 12, 9, 33, 11, 29BOS29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Andrew NembhardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 28, 18, 7, 31, 7, 20, 14, 18IND18 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 25, 7, 15, 16, 4, 16, 13, 13IND13 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAC @ POR

Clippers climb out of a 10-point hole against Portland

Down 10 after one, the Clippers won the fourth quarter 34–25 and the game 119–103. James Harden led Clippers with 34 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs POR
James Harden · LACDeni Avdija · PORPTS3429REB29AST69Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 15 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 34

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, 11, 27, 18, 34, 22, 13, 21, 29, 34LAC @ POR · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 8, 39, 37, 34, 27, 20, 24, 31UTA vs DET · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 11, 0, 3, 0, 6, 11, 5, 31LAC @ POR · W
7.1 PPG season to date · +25.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 29, 18, 12, 16, 39, 22, 27, 31PHI @ CHI · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 21, 24, 11, 27, 25, 38, 21, 30PHX @ NOP · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 18, 29, 30, 18, 26, 33, 27, 30UTA vs DET · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Cam SpencerMEM+5.1 17.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Carlton CarringtonWAS+5.0 14.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.8 14.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+4.5 22.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Tristan Da SilvaORL−3.5 6.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Paolo BancheroORL−3.4 16.7 last 10 · 20.1 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.4 10.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.4 9.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
De'Andre HunterCLE−3.3 11.9 last 10 · 15.2 season