FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 14, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed BKN by 4 after the first quarter and won 116–113.

Final
TOR115
IND101
Q1 TOR +21; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +14
Final
CLE133
PHI107
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +26
Final
UTA126
CHI128
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +2
Final
BKN113
NOP116
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +3
Final
DEN118
DAL109
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +9
Final
NYK101
SAC112
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +11
Final
WAS105
LAC119
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +19; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +14
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 14, 2025: 7 games. Top scorer: Jamal Murray (DEN @ DAL), 45 points.
The lead · BKN @ NOP

Trey Murphy III scores 34, New Orleans holds off Brooklyn

Final: 116–113. Trey Murphy III added 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-10+3NOP AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN31243226113
NOP27273329116
Who led
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 21, 15, 27, 42, 35, 21, 31, 34NOP34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 35, 12, 15, 22, 31, 22, 12, 25NOP25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 28, 24, 28, 27, 27, 27, 34, 18, 28, 20BKN20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Egor DeminPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 7, 23, 10, 13, 18, 19, 7, 17BKN17 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Second story · UTA @ CHI

Chicago survives Utah, 128–126

A two-point finish after it was 94–94 through three. Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over UTA2NOP over BKN3DEN over DAL9SAC over NYK11TOR over IND14LAC over WAS14CLE over PHI26Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 38 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Brice Sensabaugh leads the day with 43

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.
Brice SensabaughPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 20, 12, 8, 13, 14, 26, 7, 43UTA @ CHI · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +32.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Larry Hughes WAS, Jan 10, 2004: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Career high43 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 10, 34, 33, 30, 30, 28, 21, 35CLE @ PHI · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 17, 17, 28, 15, 20, 15, 14, 35CHI vs UTA · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 21, 15, 27, 42, 35, 21, 31, 34NOP vs BKN · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 24, 20, 21, 34, 27, 22, 35, 33DEN @ DAL · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 55, 33, 45, 22, 24, 25, 26, 26, 35, 33LAC vs WAS · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 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
Peyton WatsonDEN+8.8 22.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Caleb LovePOR+6.2 17.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Anthony BlackORL+5.0 20.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+5.0 15.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+4.7 26.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesSAS−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Miles BridgesCHA−4.1 15.4 last 10 · 19.5 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−4.0 8.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Bam AdebayoMIA−3.8 13.0 last 10 · 16.8 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.7 14.1 last 10 · 17.8 season