FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 31, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed NYK by 10 at halftime and won 134–132.

Final
GSW132
CHA125
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +7
Final
MIN102
ATL126
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +25; Q4 ATL +24
Final
ORL112
IND110
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +2
Final
PHX113
CLE129
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +16
Final
NOP118
CHI134
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +16
Final
NYK132
SAS134
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS -9; Q4 SAS +2
Final
DEN106
TOR103
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +3
Final
WAS114
MIL113
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +1
Final
POR95
OKC124
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +23; Q4 OKC +29
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 31, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC vs MIN), 40 points.
The lead · NYK @ SAS

Julian Champagnie goes for 36 in San Antonio win over New York

San Antonio won 134–132.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-9-10-9+2SAS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK45282930132
SAS36273041134
Who led
Julian ChampagniePoints, last 10 games: 3, 3, 12, 6, 3, 4, 0, 4, 7, 36SAS36 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 26, 14, 12, 19, 32, 26, 31SAS31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 40, 25, 25, 22, 47, 34, 34, 28, 29NYK29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Miles McBridePoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 19, 14, 9, 15, 22, 4, 14, 21NYK21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Thunder rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Portland by 29.

WAS over MIL1ORL over IND2SAS over NYK2DEN over TOR3GSW over CHA7CLE over PHX16CHI over NOP16ATL over MIN24OKC over POR29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.0Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 4.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Julian Champagnie leads the day with 36

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.
Julian ChampagniePoints, last 10 games: 3, 3, 12, 6, 3, 4, 0, 4, 7, 36SAS vs NYK · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +26.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 48, 17, 32, 30, 27, 34, 16, 10, 34CLE vs PHX · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jalen JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 12, 43, 17, 36, 24, 24, 20, 34ATL vs MIN · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 14, 30, 29, 26, 2, 29, 24, 33MIL vs WAS · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Brandon MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 25, 26, 14, 20, 20, 15, 31, 33CHA vs GSW · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 27, 25, 38, 21, 30, 20, 22, 32PHX @ CLE · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 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
Carlton CarringtonWAS+5.6 15.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Anthony BlackORL+5.5 20.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.3 14.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+3.9 28.5 last 10 · 24.6 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.6 17.2 last 10 · 21.8 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−4.5 24.4 last 10 · 28.9 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.9 14.6 last 10 · 18.5 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−3.7 5.7 last 10 · 9.4 season