FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 19, 2026Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed IND by 5 at halftime and won 113–104.

Final
MIL112
ATL110
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +2
Final
OKC136
CLE104
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +32
Final
LAC110
WAS106
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +4
Final
DAL114
NYK97
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +28; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +17
Final
UTA110
SAS123
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +13
Final
IND104
PHI113
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +9
Final
PHX126
BKN117
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +9
Final
BOS103
DET104
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +1
Final
MIA112
GSW135
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +23
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 19, 2025: 7 games. Top scorer: Tyrese Maxey (PHI @ MIL), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ PHI

Joel Embiid scores 30 in Philadelphia win over Indiana

Final: 113–104. Joel Embiid added 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-5+1+9PHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND30252623104
PHI33173231113
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 26, 32, 28, 22, 27, 20, 33, 30PHI30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 28, 22, 29, 38, 33, 14, 22, 29PHI29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Andrew NembhardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 19, 20, 15, 29, 13, 14, 19, 25IND25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 34, 22, 30, 11, 21, 26, 27, 24IND24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Cleveland by 32.

DET over BOS1MIL over ATL2LAC over WAS4PHI over IND9PHX over BKN9SAS over UTA13DAL over NYK17GSW over MIA23OKC over CLE32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 29 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 36

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 18, 23, 31, 19, 32, 22, 31, 36LAC @ WAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 30, 16, 21, 29, 17, 22, 39, 33SAS vs UTA · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 50, 14, 33, 25, 27, 27, 41, 32BOS @ DET · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 14, 17, 22, 24, 26, 11, 18, 32ATL vs MIL · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 26, 32, 28, 22, 27, 20, 33, 30PHI vs IND · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 25, 19, 4, 32, 25, 17, 29, 30UTA @ SAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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
Peyton WatsonDEN+8.4 22.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.5 19.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+5.4 16.1 last 10 · 10.7 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
Jalen BrunsonNYK−3.9 24.2 last 10 · 28.1 season
Gary Trent Jr.MIL−3.8 4.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Harrison BarnesSAS−3.7 7.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.7 8.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.7 14.1 last 10 · 17.8 season