FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 14, 2021Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MEM by 6 after three quarters and won 114–113.

Final
MIL130
MIN105
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +27; Q4 MIL +25
Final
CLE103
CHA90
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +13
Final
BKN117
PHI123
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +6
Final
SAS112
TOR117
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +5
Final
ORL115
CHI106
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +9
Final
LAC100
DET98
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +2
Final
NYK116
NOP106
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +10
Final
IND132
HOU124
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +8
Final
GSW147
OKC109
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +21; Q3 GSW +42; Q4 GSW +38
Final
DAL114
MEM113
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +1
Final
MIA106
DEN123
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +17
Final
WAS123
SAC111
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +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
The lead · DAL @ MEM

Dallas takes over late to edge Memphis

Down 6 after three, Dallas won the fourth 31–24. Final: 114–113. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3-6+1DAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32252631114
MEM34262924113
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 26, 26, 31, 23, 27, 29, 32, 29DAL29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 31, 20, 19, 14, 23, 26, 31, 21DAL21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Grayson AllenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 15, 15, 8, 30, 10, 5, 14, 23MEM23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 19, 16, 20, 19, 20, 34, 26, 19MEM19 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.4Season avg41.2Last 5

41.2 points a game over his last five games, against 30.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIA @ DEN

Denver gets past Miami

123–106, with Denver ahead 60–49 at halftime. Michael Porter Jr. led Denver with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over MEM1LAC over DET2TOR over SAS5PHI over BKN6IND over HOU8ORL over CHI9NYK over NOP10WAS over SAC12CLE over CHA13DEN over MIA17MIL over MIN25GSW over OKC38Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over MIA.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 42

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 32, 36, 37, 41, 32, 38, 53, 42GSW @ OKC · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen SEA, Jan 5, 2004: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 42, 24, 40, 23, 24, 35, 14, 27, 36, 39PHI vs BKN · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 43, 28, 27, 31, 15, 24, 40, 24, 18, 37BKN @ PHI · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 20, 12, 27, 31, 23, 30, 43, 33SAC vs WAS · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 14, 29, 19, 22, 15, 26, 34, 32NYK @ NOP · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 20, 14, 13, 9, 31, 30, 13, 31HOU vs IND · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 9 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
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+6.9 20.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+6.2 17.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+6.1 13.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Miles BridgesCHA+5.8 16.7 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−6.1 22.6 last 10 · 28.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−5.6 9.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Nikola JokicDEN−5.3 20.7 last 10 · 26.0 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.6 9.6 last 10 · 14.2 season