FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 18, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed TOR by 7 after the first quarter and won 110–93.

Final
ORL109
MEM126
Q1 MEM +17; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +17
Final
BKN102
CHI124
Q1 CHI +17; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +22
Final
NOP110
HOU119
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +9
Final
CHA110
DEN87
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +26; Q3 CHA +30; Q4 CHA +23
Final
POR117
SAC110
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +7
Final
TOR93
LAL110
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +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 18, 2025: 6 games. Top scorer: Jordan Poole (WAS @ GSW), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAL

Lakers handle Toronto by 17

The Lakers won the second quarter 32–24. Final: 110–93. Deandre Ayton led Lakers with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-7+1+7+17LAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR3024261393
LAL23323223110
Who led
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 15, 18, 9, 4, 13, 17, 12, 25LAL25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 36, 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25LAL25 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 20, 18, 17, 31, 15, 26, 24, 22TOR22 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Sandro MamukelashviliPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 13, 12, 10, 15, 0, 8, 13, 20TOR20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 7. Widest: Charlotte by 23.

POR over SAC7HOU over NOP9MEM over ORL17LAL over TOR17CHI over BKN22CHA over DEN23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Jabari Smith Jr. leads the day with 32

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.
Jabari Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 7, 17, 6, 13, 9, 18, 17, 9, 32HOU vs NOP · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 17, 34, 29, 33, 41, 20, 25, 30POR @ SAC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 29, 20, 20, 23, 19, 24, 25, 27POR @ SAC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 15, 18, 9, 4, 13, 17, 12, 25LAL vs TOR · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 36, 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25LAL vs TOR · W
33.3 PPG season to date · −8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 7, 21, 12, 17, 21, 40, 16, 24MEM vs ORL · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 13 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+8.4 22.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.5 19.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+5.0 15.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Caleb LovePOR+4.7 15.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+4.7 26.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Ivica ZubacLAC−4.4 10.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−4.2 25.0 last 10 · 29.2 season
Karl-Anthony TownsNYK−4.0 16.9 last 10 · 20.9 season
Harrison BarnesSAS−4.0 7.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Gary Trent Jr.MIL−3.8 4.7 last 10 · 8.5 season