FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 15, 2021Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed CLE by 3 after the first quarter and won 119–101.

Final
MIL120
ATL109
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +11
Final
GSW119
CLE101
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +18
Final
BOS121
LAL113
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +8
Final
SAC114
PHX122
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +8
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 · GSW @ CLE

Stephen Curry scores 33 as Golden State wins in Cleveland

Final: 119–101. Stephen Curry made 12 of 25 shots from the field.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+11+10+18GSW AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW28352630119
CLE31212722101
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 36, 37, 41, 32, 38, 53, 42, 33GSW33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 15, 16, 9, 15, 25, 17, 16, 23GSW23 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 15, 26, 20, 24, 26, 22, 27, 29, 30CLE30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 18, 6, 12, 37, 21, 19, 17, 20CLE20 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · BOS @ LAL

Boston leads Lakers wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 121–113. Best quarter: the first, 31–23. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 40 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over LAL8PHX over SAC8MIL over ATL11GSW over CLE18Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown 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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 22, 17, 17, 32, 26, 20, 24, 40BOS @ LAL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Elton Brand LAC, May 8, 2006: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 36, 37, 41, 32, 38, 53, 42, 33GSW @ CLE · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 15, 26, 20, 24, 26, 22, 27, 29, 30CLE vs GSW · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 26, 10, 21, 24, 10, 32, 23, 28ATL vs MIL · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 12, 27, 31, 23, 30, 43, 33, 27SAC @ PHX · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 9, 27, 18, 18, 14, 18, 19, 26PHX vs SAC · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 0 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+8.3 22.4 last 10 · 14.1 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