FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 20, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CHA by 6 at halftime and won 109–97.

Final
ORL96
ATL112
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +16
Final
BKN134
NOP129
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -2; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +5
Final
CHA97
NYK109
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +12
Final
LAC113
POR112
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +1
Final
MIN134
SAC120
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +14
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 · CHA @ NYK

New York makes it seven straight

New York beat Charlotte 109–97 and moved to 32–27. RJ Barrett led New York with 24 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-6+9+12NYK AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA3333161597
NYK30303118109
Who led
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 29, 20, 19, 7, 6, 24, 18, 24NYK24 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 11, 19, 11, 14, 11, 15, 23, 17NYK17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 8, 13, 3, 12, 18, 8, 23, 26CHA26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 22, 17, 20, 18, 22, 27, 34, 21CHA21 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Second story · LAC @ POR

Clippers hold off Portland, 113–112

Clippers led 86–82 after three and held on to win by one. Paul George led Clippers with 33 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over POR1BKN over NOP5NYK over CHA12MIN over SAC14ATL over ORL16Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 46 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 48 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 33

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 16, 36, 33, 32, 36, 37, 23, 33LAC @ POR · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 16, 37, 38, 30, 25, 21, 34, 33NOP vs BKN · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 24, 40, 24, 18, 37, 12, 20, 32BKN @ NOP · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 19, 26, 17, 16, 29, 22, 28POR vs LAC · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 17, 26, 27, 15, 15, 11, 11, 28MIN @ SAC · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 27, 24, 15, 27, 24, 12, 23, 28MIN @ SAC · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Stephen CurryGSW+9.4 40.8 last 10 · 31.4 season
Miles BridgesCHA+8.3 19.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+6.7 21.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+6.6 18.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellLAL−6.3 7.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Damian LillardPOR−6.1 22.6 last 10 · 28.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−5.8 8.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Andre DrummondLAL−5.4 10.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season