FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 2, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NOP by 6 after the first quarter and won 126–103.

Final
GSW77
TOR130
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +52; Q4 TOR +53
Final
HOU102
BOS118
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +16
Final
DAL99
NYK86
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +13
Final
CHA114
IND97
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +17
Final
MIN108
MEM120
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +12
Final
ATL126
NOP103
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +23
Final
CHI106
UTA113
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +7
Final
OKC103
PHX140
Q1 PHX +30; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +27; Q4 PHX +37
Final
MIL127
POR109
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +24; Q4 MIL +18
Final
LAL115
SAC94
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +21
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · ATL @ NOP

Atlanta rolls past New Orleans, 126–103

The Pelicans were held to 20 points in the second quarter. Bogdan Bogdanovic led Atlanta with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+15+23ATL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL28273932126
NOP34202524103
Who led
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 10, 12, 20, 11, 9, 22, 28, 26ATL26 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kevin HuerterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 8, 2, 10, 5, 8, 12, 0, 24ATL24 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Kira Lewis Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 0, 2, 6, 16, 6, 13, 9, 9, 21NOP21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 8, 3, 0, 1, 3, 4, 17, 16NOP16 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DAL @ NYK

Dallas makes it three straight

Dallas beat New York 99–86 and moved to 26–21. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · DAL
Lvs LAC99–109Wvs LAC105–89L@ POR119–125W@ POR132–92W@ MIN128–108Lvs IND94–109L@ NOP103–112W@ OKC127–106W@ BOS113–108W@ NYK99–86DAL: last 10 games through Apr 2, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 3.3 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo 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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 31, 32, 26, 13, 16, 32, 25, 47MIL @ POR · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Dec 5, 2003: 47 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Ties season high47 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 9, 21, 27, 26, 26, 14, 14, 36TOR vs GSW · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Theo MaledonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 10, 12, 9, 10, 22, 14, 11, 33OKC @ PHX · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 38, 50, 36, 31, 19, 22, 22, 22, 33, 32POR vs MIL · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 26, 23, 25, 16, 35, 21, 45, 32PHX vs OKC · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 41, 24, 33, 22, 29, 27, 31, 18, 30MIN @ MEM · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 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
Anthony EdwardsMIN+6.1 23.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+5.6 16.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+5.2 11.9 last 10 · 6.8 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+4.8 16.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Alec BurksNYK+4.7 17.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Coby WhiteCHI−5.2 9.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Bradley BealWAS−4.9 26.4 last 10 · 31.3 season
Trae YoungATL−4.5 21.0 last 10 · 25.5 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−4.0 12.7 last 10 · 16.7 season