FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 21, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed SAC by 9 at halftime and won 122–109.

Final
CLE94
CHA87
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +24; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +7
Final
IND104
BOS119
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +15
Final
BKN66
NYK120
Q1 NYK +18; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +32; Q4 NYK +54
Final
ATL124
MEM122
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +2
Final
DET112
NOP104
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +8
Final
OKC122
MIL102
Q1 OKC +20; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +20
Final
TOR122
SAC109
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +13
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 21, 2025: 5 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL vs WAS), 29 points.
The lead · TOR @ SAC

Toronto climbs back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 9 at the half. Toronto won it 122–109. Scottie Barnes led Toronto with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-4-9+13+13TOR AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR26264327122
SAC30312127109
Who led
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 17, 31, 15, 26, 24, 22, 26, 23TOR23 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 19, 6, 17, 30, 19, 19, 22, 23TOR23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 13, 15, 22, 19, 26, 23, 22, 23SAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 15, 18, 19, 25, 16, 18, 18, 19SAC19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · ATL @ MEM

Atlanta takes over late to edge Memphis

Down 1 after three, Atlanta won the fourth 30–27. Final: 124–122. Jalen Johnson led Atlanta with 32 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over MEM2CLE over CHA7DET over NOP8TOR over SAC13BOS over IND15OKC over MIL20NYK over BKN54Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 40

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 21, 46, 29, 34, 20, 39, 30, 40OKC @ MIL · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 30, 2016: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
40 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Jalen JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 19, 29, 23, 13, 12, 12, 28, 32ATL @ MEM · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 22, 30, 11, 21, 26, 27, 24, 32IND @ BOS · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 29, 50, 14, 33, 25, 27, 27, 41, 32, 30BOS vs IND · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 30, 30, 28, 21, 35, 13, 19, 24CLE @ CHA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Brandon MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 28, 6, 18, 13, 26, 28, 23, 24CHA vs CLE · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+8.0 22.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.5 19.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Sam HauserBOS+5.6 14.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+5.3 16.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Caleb LovePOR+4.7 15.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Kelly Oubre Jr.PHI−4.6 9.5 last 10 · 14.1 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK−4.5 23.4 last 10 · 27.9 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−4.4 7.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.2 16.0 last 10 · 20.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.1 23.0 last 10 · 27.1 season