FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 1, 2026Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 123–108.

Final
HOU120
BKN96
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +24
Final
MIA118
DET112
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +6
Final
PHI123
DAL108
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +15
Final
BOS120
SAC106
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +14
Final
UTA101
LAC118
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +17
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 · 2024–25Jan 1, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: De'Aaron Fox (SAC vs PHI), 35 points.
The lead · PHI @ DAL

Tyrese Maxey scores 34 as Philadelphia wins in Dallas

Final: 123–108. Tyrese Maxey made 14 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+11+9+15PHI AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI27412431123
DAL33242625108
Who led
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 12, 28, 30, 38, 13, 27, 28, 34, 34PHI34 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
VJ EdgecombePoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 22, 26, 23, 26, 10, 10, 25, 23PHI23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Max ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 15, 8, 11, 0, 13, 9, 25, 18DAL18 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Brandon WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 9, 14, 10, 4, 9, 26, 22, 14DAL14 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · BOS @ SAC

Sacramento's skid reaches three

Boston won 120–106; the Kings fall to 8–26. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · SAC
Lvs DEN105–136L@ MIN103–117L@ POR133–134Lvs POR93–98Wvs HOU125–124Lvs DET127–136Wvs DAL113–107L@ LAL101–125L@ LAC90–131Lvs BOS106–120SAC: last 10 games through Jan 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.8Season avg40.4Last 5

40.4 points a game over his last five games, against 27.8 in 22 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 45

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: 20, 24, 21, 22, 32, 41, 28, 55, 33, 45LAC vs UTA · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Feb 2, 1997: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
45 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 24, 18, 22, 17, 25, 23, 25, 36MIA @ DET · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 12, 28, 30, 38, 13, 27, 28, 34, 34PHI @ DAL · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 29, 22, 14, 23, 29, 27, 27, 31DET vs MIA · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30, 37, 23, 29BOS @ SAC · W
29.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 33, 15, 27, 37, 9, 22, 8, 25SAC vs BOS · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+4.5 23.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.1 14.8 last 10 · 10.7 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
Malik MonkSAC−4.5 6.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−4.5 24.4 last 10 · 28.9 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−3.9 10.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.9 14.6 last 10 · 18.5 season