FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 29, 2025Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ORL by 11 after the first quarter and won 107–106.

Final
MIL123
CHA113
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +10
Final
PHX115
WAS101
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +14
Final
GSW120
BKN107
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +13
Final
DEN123
MIA147
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +24
Final
ORL106
TOR107
Q1 TOR -11; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -10; Q4 TOR +1
Final
MIN136
CHI101
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +35
Final
IND119
HOU126
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +27; Q4 HOU +7
Final
NYK130
NOP125
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +5
Final
ATL129
OKC140
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +11
Final
CLE113
SAS101
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +12
Final
DAL122
POR125
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +3
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 29, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC vs MEM), 35 points.
The lead · ORL @ TOR

Toronto fights back from 11 down against Orlando

Final: 107–106, after trailing by 11 after one. Jamal Shead led Toronto with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-11-11-10+1TOR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL29362912106
TOR18363023107
Who led
Jamal SheadPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 8, 8, 6, 2, 8, 6, 8, 19TOR19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 28, 29, 24, 19, 12, 29, 26, 17TOR17 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Anthony BlackPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 12, 22, 20, 19, 22, 24, 38, 27ORL27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 25, 26, 23, 21, 12, 13, 12, 23ORL23 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Second story · NYK @ NOP

New York makes it three straight

New York beat New Orleans 130–125 and moved to 23–9. Jalen Brunson led New York with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Streak strip · NYK
Wvs ORL106–100W@ TOR117–101W@ ORL132–120W@ IND114–113Lvs PHI107–116Wvs MIA132–125L@ MIN104–115Wvs CLE126–124W@ ATL128–125W@ NOP130–125NYK: last 10 games through Dec 29, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
28.92024–25 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 2024–25 (63 games). Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 39

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: 33, 28, 29, 32, 35, 31, 33, 22, 27, 39OKC vs ATL · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 20, 16, 15, 12, 8, 13, 13, 33MIN @ CHI · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 18, 9, 29, 24, 26, 20, 22, 32NOP vs NYK · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Brandon MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 18, 25, 26, 14, 20, 20, 15, 31CHA vs MIL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 25, 32, 31, 24, 22, 25, 30, 30HOU vs IND · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 12, 28, 23, 9, 21, 15, 25, 30ATL @ OKC · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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
Anthony BlackORL+5.3 20.8 last 10 · 15.5 season
Carlton CarringtonWAS+5.3 14.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Bobby PortisMIL+4.6 17.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.4 16.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.5 17.1 last 10 · 21.6 season
De'Andre HunterCLE−3.6 11.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Isaiah JoeOKC−3.5 7.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.5 14.8 last 10 · 18.3 season