FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 6, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAC by 12 at halftime and won 100–98.

Final
CLE120
IND116
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE -9; Q4 CLE +4
Final
ORL112
WAS120
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +8
Final
SAS105
MEM106
Q1 MEM -10; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +1
Final
MIA94
MIN122
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +28
Final
LAL111
NOP103
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL +8
Final
DAL100
SAC98
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -12; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +2
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 6, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (MIN vs LAC), 37 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAC

Dallas rallies from 12 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 12 at the half, Dallas outscored the Kings 54–40 the rest of the way. Final: 100–98. Cooper Flagg led Dallas with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-10-12-2+2DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL25213024100
SAC3523202098
Who led
Cooper FlaggPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 16, 33, 27, 23, 15, 12, 10, 20DAL20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 15, 24, 35, 31, 3, 13, 26, 19DAL19 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 37, 9, 22, 8, 25, 13, 11, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 34, 19, 2, 42, 16, 10, 20, 20SAC20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ MEM

Memphis fights back from 10 down against San Antonio

Final: 106–105, after trailing by 10 after one. Cam Spencer led Memphis with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs SAS
Cam Spencer · MEMVictor Wembanyama · SASPTS2130REB85AST83Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Trey Murphy III leads the day with 42

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.
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 11, 14, 19, 24, 21, 15, 27, 42NOP vs LAL · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Jan 2, 1998: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 36, 23, 18, 24, 17, 31, 26, 30LAL @ NOP · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 45, 12, 25, 34, 30, 34, 36, 30LAL @ NOP · W
33.5 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 26, 14, 12, 19, 32, 26, 31, 30SAS @ MEM · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 10, 20, 12, 15, 19, 18, 16, 29CLE @ IND · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 14, 21, 16, 17, 18, 17, 20, 27WAS vs ORL · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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+6.0 21.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
VJ EdgecombePHI+4.3 20.8 last 10 · 16.5 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.2 32.3 last 10 · 28.1 season
Caleb LovePOR+4.1 14.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+3.6 13.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Isaiah JoeOKC−5.2 4.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Malik MonkSAC−4.5 6.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.5 16.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Bam AdebayoMIA−4.3 12.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.1 10.6 last 10 · 14.7 season