FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 28, 2025Regular season · 6 games
← Dec 27CalendarDec 29 →

6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed BOS by 8 at halftime and won 114–108.

Final
PHI104
OKC129
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +25
Final · OT
GSW127
TOR141
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +14
Final
BOS108
POR114
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +6
Final
MEM112
WAS116
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +4
Final
DET99
LAC112
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +13
Final
SAC101
LAL125
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +24
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 28, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK @ WAS), 55 points.
The lead · BOS @ POR

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 8 at the half, Portland outscored the Celtics 59–45 the rest of the way. Final: 114–108. Shaedon Sharpe led Portland with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Jaylen Brown scored 37 for Boston in the loss.

Game flow · POR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-8+1+6POR AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS30332223108
POR31243128114
Who led
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 21, 35, 26, 23, 25, 22, 16, 26POR26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 35, 17, 16, 26, 35, 24, 18, 25, 29, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30, 37BOS37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Hugo GonzálezPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 5, 6, 5, 10, 10, 6, 0, 13BOS13 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: OKC by 25.

WAS over MEM4POR over BOS6LAC over DET13TOR over GSW14LAL over SAC24OKC over PHI25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard 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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 20, 24, 21, 22, 32, 41, 28, 55LAC vs DET · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +28.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jermaine O'Neal IND, Jan 4, 2005: 55 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Career high55 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 38, 31, 14, 39, 48, 15, 28, 26, 23, 39GSW @ TOR · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30, 37BOS @ POR · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 34, 38, 31, 35, 29, 45, 12, 25, 34LAL vs SAC · W
33.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 6, 12, 31, 28, 22, 11, 21, 24, 31MEM @ WAS · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 25, 24, 17, 22, 14, 7, 10, 29OKC vs PHI · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Carlton CarringtonWAS+5.1 14.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.4 16.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.3 14.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Anthony BlackORL+4.3 19.4 last 10 · 15.1 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
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Isaiah JoeOKC−3.5 7.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−3.1 18.8 last 10 · 21.9 season