FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, May 1, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MEM by 14 at halftime and won 112–111.

Final
DET94
CHA107
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +13
Final
GSW113
HOU87
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -6; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +26
Final
CHI97
ATL108
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +11
Final
MIA124
CLE107
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +17
Final · OT
NOP140
MIN136
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +4
Final
IND152
OKC95
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +36; Q3 IND +56; Q4 IND +57
Final
MEM111
ORL112
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL -14; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +1
Final
WAS124
DAL125
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL -8; Q4 DAL +1
Final
DEN110
LAC104
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +6
Final
TOR102
UTA106
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +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 @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of a 14-point hole against Memphis

Down 14 at the half, the Magic won the fourth quarter 36–26 and the game 112–111. Cole Anthony led Orlando with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-7-14-9+1ORL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM36242526111
ORL29173036112
Who led
Cole AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 16, 17, 14, 14, 15, 18, 15, 26ORL26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Moritz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 1, 2, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 5, 24ORL24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 21, 8, 25, 18, 9, 18, 20, 23MEM23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 36, 22, 33, 28, 27, 10, 8, 22MEM22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pacers rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat OKC by 57.

ORL over MEM1DAL over WAS1NOP over MIN4UTA over TOR4DEN over LAC6ATL over CHI11CHA over DET13MIA over CLE17GSW over HOU26IND over OKC57Final 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
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 15, 13, 14, 37, 14, 22, 18, 15, 42WAS @ DAL · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Jan 4, 2007: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Ties season high42 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 34, 33, 23, 33, 23, 21, 27, 37NOP @ MIN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 19, 19, 14, 30, 7, 24, 22, 34UTA vs TOR · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Lonzo BallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 5, 15, 6, 24, 18, 16, 6, 33NOP @ MIN · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 14, 42, 15, 34, 25, 20, 32, 33ATL vs CHI · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 22, 37, 30, 30, 18, 24, 39, 31DAL vs WAS · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Paul NOH, Dec 18, 2009: 30 PTS · 9 REB · 19 AST
31 PTS · 12 REB · 20 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
Miles BridgesCHA+8.9 21.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Luguentz DortOKC+7.5 21.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+7.3 22.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+6.9 19.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Julius RandleNYK+6.7 30.8 last 10 · 24.1 season
Cold
Evan FournierBOS−7.6 9.0 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kevin DurantBKN−5.3 22.3 last 10 · 27.6 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Hamidou DialloDET−4.6 6.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Montrezl HarrellLAL−4.4 9.5 last 10 · 13.9 season