FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 3, 2026Regular season · 8 games
← Jan 2CalendarJan 4 →

8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed CHI by 12 after the first quarter and won 112–99.

Final
MIN125
MIA115
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +10
Final
PHI130
NYK119
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +11
Final
ATL117
TOR134
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +17
Final
CHA112
CHI99
Q1 CHA -12; Q2 CHA -8; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +13
Final
POR115
SAS110
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +5
Final
HOU104
DAL110
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +6
Final
UTA114
GSW123
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +9
Final
BOS146
LAC115
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +31
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 3, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (NOP vs WAS), 50 points.
The lead · CHA @ CHI

Charlotte climbs back to beat Chicago

Chicago led by 12 after one. Charlotte won it 112–99. Miles Bridges led Charlotte with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-12-8+7+13CHA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA27233230112
CHI3919172499
Who led
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 16, 19, 17, 10, 16, 3, 25, 26CHA26 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Brandon MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 14, 20, 20, 15, 31, 33, 19, 22CHA22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 13, 21, 7, 16, 23, 17, 17, 28CHI28 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Matas BuzelisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 28, 15, 10, 8, 13, 19, 21, 17CHI17 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Clippers by 31, the widest margin of 8 games.

POR over SAS5DAL over HOU6GSW over UTA9MIN over MIA10PHI over NYK11CHA over CHI13TOR over ATL17BOS over LAC31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 27 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 50

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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30, 37, 23, 29, 50BOS @ LAC · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Mar 4, 2016: 50 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ties career high50 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 30, 38, 13, 27, 28, 34, 34, 36PHI @ NYK · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 18, 26, 33, 27, 30, 29, 22, 35UTA @ GSW · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 31, 24, 22, 25, 30, 30, 22, 34HOU @ DAL · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 40, 26, 24, 38, 44, 28, 23, 30, 33MIN @ MIA · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 22, 47, 34, 34, 28, 29, 24, 31NYK vs PHI · L
29.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 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
Anthony BlackORL+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+5.4 29.9 last 10 · 24.5 season
Bobby PortisMIL+4.8 18.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
VJ EdgecombePHI+4.1 20.6 last 10 · 16.5 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.0 32.3 last 10 · 28.2 season
Cold
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.9 9.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Malik MonkSAC−4.5 6.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−4.1 24.9 last 10 · 29.0 season
Isaiah JoeOKC−4.0 6.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Bam AdebayoMIA−3.9 13.5 last 10 · 17.4 season