FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 23, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed MEM by 8 after three quarters and won 133–127.

Final
HOU111
DET104
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +7
Final
PHX103
ATL110
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL -7; Q4 ATL +7
Final · 2OT
BOS130
BKN126
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +4
Final
SAC118
CLE123
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +5
Final
NOP133
MEM127
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP -8; Q4 NOP +6
Final
IND117
OKC114
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +3
Final
DEN102
MIL100
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +2
Final
TOR110
POR98
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +12
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 23, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs SAC), 35 points.
The lead · NOP @ MEM

Saddiq Bey scores 36, New Orleans rallies past Memphis

New Orleans trailed by 8 after three and won 133–127.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-5-8+6NOP AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP30303340133
MEM30353626127
Who led
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 26, 16, 17, 12, 20, 11, 20, 36NOP36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 27, 42, 35, 21, 31, 34, 22, 21, 17, 32NOP32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 25, 14, 21, 19, 23, 14, 30, 17, 17, 26MEM26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jock LandalePoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 19, 0, 13, 16, 6, 21, 13, 24MEM24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Toronto by 12.

DEN over MIL2IND over OKC3BOS over BKN4CLE over SAC5NOP over MEM6HOU over DET7ATL over PHX7TOR over POR12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
8.9Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 47

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: 25, 21, 46, 29, 34, 20, 39, 30, 40, 47OKC vs IND · L
32.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen MIL, Apr 14, 2002: 47 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
47 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 26, 16, 17, 12, 20, 11, 20, 36NOP @ MEM · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 30, 28, 21, 35, 13, 19, 24, 33CLE vs SAC · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 23, 28, 19, 39, 18, 18, 36, 32HOU @ DET · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 17, 27, 4, 23, 2, 17, 10, 32BOS @ BKN · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 27, 42, 35, 21, 31, 34, 22, 21, 17, 32NOP @ MEM · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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+8.7 23.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+6.4 17.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+5.9 17.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+5.9 28.2 last 10 · 22.3 season
Sam HauserBOS+5.7 14.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−5.2 10.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Miles BridgesCHA−5.1 13.6 last 10 · 18.7 season
Harrison BarnesSAS−4.5 6.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK−4.5 23.4 last 10 · 27.9 season
Vit KrejciATL−4.4 4.9 last 10 · 9.3 season