FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 24, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 8 after three quarters and won 116–110.

Final
WAS115
CHA119
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +4
Final
NYK112
PHI109
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +3
Final
CLE119
ORL105
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +14
Final
BOS111
CHI114
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +3
Final
LAL116
DAL110
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +6
Final
MIA147
UTA116
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +31
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 24, 2025: 3 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (CLE @ PHI), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ DAL

Luka Doncic scores 33 as Lakers win in Dallas

Final: 116–110. Luka Doncic made 8 of 15 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAL 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+9+13-8+6LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL37281437116
DAL28243523110
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25, 38, 32, 33LAL33 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 22, 31, 29, 20, 24, 19, 23, 17LAL17 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Max ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 11, 16, 10, 10, 22, 26, 21, 24DAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Naji MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 14, 22, 24, 22, 16, 19, 30, 21DAL21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Utah by 31, the widest margin of 6 games.

NYK over PHI3CHI over BOS3CHA over WAS4LAL over DAL6CLE over ORL14MIA over UTA31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 38

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 28, 22, 27, 20, 33, 30, 32, 38PHI vs NYK · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 28, 21, 35, 13, 19, 24, 33, 36CLE @ ORL · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25, 38, 32, 33LAL @ DAL · W
33.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 33, 25, 27, 27, 41, 32, 30, 27, 33BOS @ CHI · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 25, 26, 27, 26, 4, 22, 20, 31NYK @ PHI · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 14, 30, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 27ORL vs CLE · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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+8.7 23.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+6.8 18.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+5.9 28.2 last 10 · 22.3 season
Sam HauserBOS+5.8 14.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−5.2 10.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Miles BridgesCHA−4.8 13.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.6 8.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Karl-Anthony TownsNYK−4.5 16.0 last 10 · 20.5 season
Harrison BarnesSAS−4.5 6.2 last 10 · 10.7 season