FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 27, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed DEN by 14 at halftime and won 127–126.

Final
DAL107
SAC113
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +6
Final
PHX123
NOP114
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +9
Final
DEN126
ORL127
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -14; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +1
Final
NYK128
ATL125
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +3
Final
MIL112
CHI103
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +9
Final
CLE100
HOU117
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +27; Q4 HOU +17
Final
IND116
MIA142
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +26
Final
BKN123
MIN107
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN +16
Final
UTA127
SAS114
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +13
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 27, 2024: 8 games. Top scorer: Jaylen Brown (BOS vs IND), 44 points.
The lead · DEN @ ORL

Anthony Black scores 38, Orlando holds off Denver

Final: 127–126. Anthony Black added 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-8-14-9+1ORL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN31313133126
ORL23253643127
Who led
Anthony BlackPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 10, 12, 22, 20, 19, 22, 24, 38ORL38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 37, 18, 6, 32, 20, 23, 15, 24ORL24 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 28, 36, 39, 23, 25, 14, 29, 56, 34DEN34 PTS · 21 REB · 12 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 11, 35, 32, 16, 27, 31, 35, 24DEN24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Indiana by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

ORL over DEN1NYK over ATL3SAC over DAL6PHX over NOP9MIL over CHI9UTA over SAS13BKN over MIN16HOU over CLE17MIA over IND26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 2 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
28.92024–25 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.9 in 2024–25 (63 games). Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Black leads the day with 38

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.
Anthony BlackPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 10, 12, 22, 20, 19, 22, 24, 38ORL vs DEN · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 14, 29, 16, 22, 2, 40, 11, 36NYK @ ATL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 28, 36, 39, 23, 25, 14, 29, 56, 34DEN @ ORL · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Aug 4, 2020: 34 PTS · 20 REB · 12 AST
34 PTS · 21 REB · 12 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 35, 40, 25, 25, 22, 47, 34, 34NYK @ ATL · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 20, 11, 26, 22, 25, 15, 11, 33IND @ MIA · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 22, 18, 15, 26, 14, 12, 19, 32SAS vs UTA · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 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
Maxime RaynaudSAC+5.5 15.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cam SpencerMEM+5.1 17.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Carlton CarringtonWAS+5.0 14.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+4.5 22.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
De'Andre HunterCLE−3.7 11.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.4 10.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.4 9.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cade CunninghamDET−3.2 23.3 last 10 · 26.5 season