FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 16, 2021Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed IND by 13 at halftime and won 119–111.

Final
IND111
UTA119
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -13; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +8
Final
OKC104
DET110
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +6
Final
LAC103
PHI106
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +3
Final · OT
NOP115
WAS117
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +2
Final
CHA115
BKN130
Q1 BKN -6; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +15
Final
ORL102
TOR113
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +11
Final
MEM126
CHI115
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +11
Final
DEN128
HOU99
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +29
Final
MIA111
MIN119
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +8
Final
POR107
SAS106
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +1
Final
NYK117
DAL109
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +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 · IND @ UTA

Utah turns it around against Indiana

From 13 down at the half to an 8-point win: 119–111. Bojan Bogdanovic led Utah with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-8-130+8UTA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND32372022111
UTA24323330119
Who led
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 17, 16, 20, 11, 8, 33, 23, 24UTA24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 22, 16, 41, 37, 42, 42, 22, 22UTA22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 26, 20, 18, 11, 34, 26, 27, 24IND24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 35, 9, 8, 16, 18, 20, 22, 22IND22 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Houston by 29.

POR over SAS1WAS over NOP2PHI over LAC3DET over OKC6UTA over IND8MIN over MIA8NYK over DAL8TOR over ORL11MEM over CHI11BKN over CHA15DEN over HOU29Final 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
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 44

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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 29, 19, 22, 15, 26, 34, 32, 44NYK @ DAL · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Dec 31, 2014: 44 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Ties season high44 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 24, 17, 16, 36, 33, 32, 36, 37LAC @ PHI · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 26, 23, 23, 19, 17, 25, 25, 36WAS vs NOP · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 9 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 24, 40, 23, 24, 35, 14, 27, 36, 39, 36PHI vs LAC · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 13, 19, 25, 17, 27, 34, 28, 34NOP @ WAS · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 23, 10, 16, 26, 23, 13, 20, 33CHA @ BKN · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 9 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
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+8.3 22.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Miles BridgesCHA+6.9 18.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+6.1 13.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+5.8 17.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−6.3 8.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
Damian LillardPOR−6.1 22.6 last 10 · 28.7 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Bradley BealWAS−4.4 26.6 last 10 · 31.0 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−4.3 5.2 last 10 · 9.5 season