FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 7, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed ATL by 5 after the first quarter and won 131–113.

Final
MIN137
IND141
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +4
Final
WAS131
ORL116
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +15
Final
NOP111
BKN139
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +20; Q3 BKN +33; Q4 BKN +28
Final
NYK99
BOS101
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +2
Final
MEM131
ATL113
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +18
Final
DAL93
HOU102
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +9
Final
CHA113
OKC102
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +11
Final
SAS96
DEN106
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +10
Final · OT
UTA113
PHX117
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +4
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 · MEM @ ATL

Grayson Allen scores 30 as Memphis wins in Atlanta

Final: 131–113. Grayson Allen made 10 of 18 shots from the field.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-5+3+23+18MEM AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM29384321131
ATL34302326113
Who led
Grayson AllenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 20, 17, 9, 2, 15, 15, 8, 30MEM30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 14, 13, 30, 16, 19, 16, 20, 19MEM19 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 11, 9, 22, 28, 26, 10, 21, 24ATL24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 29, 21, 21, 19, 28, 13, 30, 14ATL14 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Brooklyn by 28.

BOS over NYK2IND over MIN4PHX over UTA4HOU over DAL9DEN over SAS10CHA over OKC11WAS over ORL15MEM over ATL18BKN over NOP28Final 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
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 41

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 27, 35, 35, 19, 26, 22, 16, 41UTA @ PHX · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Feb 17, 2004: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 25, 16, 35, 21, 45, 32, 36, 35PHX vs UTA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 29, 27, 31, 18, 30, 39, 23, 32MIN @ IND · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 24, 18, 25, 24, 22, 17, 17, 32BOS vs NYK · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 21, 24, 19, 20, 14, 13, 9, 31HOU vs DAL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Grayson AllenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 20, 17, 9, 2, 15, 15, 8, 30MEM @ ATL · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 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
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+6.2 14.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+6.1 23.4 last 10 · 17.3 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Theo MaledonOKC+6.0 15.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chuma OkekeORL+5.7 12.5 last 10 · 6.8 season
Cold
Bradley BealWAS−5.5 25.7 last 10 · 31.2 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.8 24.4 last 10 · 29.2 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.7 22.5 last 10 · 27.2 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.7 10.1 last 10 · 14.8 season