FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 5, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed WAS by 11 after three quarters and won 103–101.

Final
NYK112
BKN114
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -10; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +2
Final
UTA103
DAL111
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +8
Final
SAC106
MIN116
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +10
Final
DET132
OKC108
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +24
Final
CLE125
SAS101
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +24
Final
WAS101
TOR103
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -10; Q3 TOR -11; Q4 TOR +2
Final
PHX133
HOU130
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +3
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 · WAS @ TOR

Toronto rallies from 11 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 11 after three, Toronto outscored the Wizards 28–15 the rest of the way. Final: 103–101. Pascal Siakam led Toronto with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 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 Q3Final0-9-10-11+2TOR AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS28332515101
TOR19322428103
Who led
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 27, 9, 21, 27, 26, 26, 14, 14, 36, 22TOR22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Malachi FlynnPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 0, 0, 5, 0, 5, 2, 16, 16TOR16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 14, 13, 19, 35, 22, 16, 26, 23WAS23 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Davis BertansPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 11, 13, 3, 9, 6, 2, 11, 17WAS17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat OKC by 24.

BKN over NYK2TOR over WAS2PHX over HOU3DAL over UTA8MIN over SAC10DET over OKC24CLE over SAS24Final 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
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.9Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving 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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 40, 18, 34, 43, 28, 27, 31, 15, 24, 40BKN vs NYK · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: D'Angelo Russell BKN, Jan 18, 2019: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 17, 22, 14, 18, 18, 6, 12, 37CLE @ SAS · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 23, 25, 16, 35, 21, 45, 32, 36PHX @ HOU · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 42, 38, 37, 15, 25, 36, 26, 26, 31DAL vs UTA · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 37, 44, 36, 24, 20, 12, 27, 31SAC @ MIN · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 15, 15, 18, 5, 18, 26, 13, 28UTA @ DAL · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chuma OkekeORL+5.3 12.2 last 10 · 6.9 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+5.1 17.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+5.0 22.0 last 10 · 17.0 season
Theo MaledonOKC+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Coby WhiteCHI−5.2 9.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Bradley BealWAS−4.9 26.4 last 10 · 31.3 season
Chris BoucherTOR−4.7 8.4 last 10 · 13.1 season