FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 4, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 11 at halftime and won 120–114.

Final
DET114
CLE110
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +4
Final
IND127
ORL135
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +8
Final
DEN115
BKN127
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +12
Final
NOP106
MIA125
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +19
Final
MIN141
WAS115
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +29; Q4 MIN +26
Final
OKC105
PHX108
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +3
Final
MIL115
SAC98
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +17
Final
MEM114
LAL120
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -11; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +6
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 4, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (MIN @ DET), 53 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAL

Luka Doncic scores 36 in Lakers win over Memphis

Final: 120–114. Luka Doncic added 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-8-11-4+6LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM34312227114
LAL26282937120
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 29, 45, 12, 25, 34, 30, 34, 36LAL36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 28, 36, 23, 18, 24, 17, 31, 26LAL26 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Jaylen WellsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 4, 12, 12, 14, 11, 14, 6, 23MEM23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Cedric CowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 13, 14, 16, 15, 11, 28, 5, 16MEM16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Minnesota by 26.

PHX over OKC3DET over CLE4LAL over MEM6ORL over IND8BKN over DEN12MIL over SAC17MIA over NOP19MIN over WAS26Final 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
15.5Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 37

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 29, 26, 2, 29, 24, 33, 30, 37MIL @ SAC · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 29, 45, 12, 25, 34, 30, 34, 36LAL vs MEM · W
33.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 40, 26, 24, 38, 44, 28, 23, 30, 33, 35MIN @ WAS · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 25, 15, 11, 33, 23, 26, 23, 34IND @ ORL · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 22, 17, 25, 23, 25, 36, 21, 34MIA vs NOP · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 6, 32, 20, 23, 15, 24, 18, 18, 14, 31ORL vs IND · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 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
Anthony BlackORL+7.4 23.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+5.4 29.9 last 10 · 24.5 season
VJ EdgecombePHI+4.1 20.6 last 10 · 16.5 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.0 32.3 last 10 · 28.2 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM+3.8 22.2 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.9 9.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Malik MonkSAC−4.5 6.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Aaron WigginsOKC−4.5 5.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Isaiah JoeOKC−4.5 5.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−3.9 25.4 last 10 · 29.3 season