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Sunday, May 2, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed BKN by 9 after the first quarter and won 117–114.

Final
BKN114
MIL117
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +3
Final
POR129
BOS119
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +10
Final
MIA121
CHA111
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +10
Final
SAC111
DAL99
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +12
Final
NYK122
HOU97
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +25
Final
PHX123
OKC120
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +3
Final · OT
PHI113
SAS111
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +2
Final
TOR121
LAL114
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +7
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 · BKN @ MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 49, Milwaukee rallies past Brooklyn

Milwaukee trailed by 9 after one and won 117–114. Kevin Durant scored 42 for Brooklyn in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+30+3MIL AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN37223124114
MIL28342827117
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 47, 15, 28, 33, 27, 24, 31, 29, 1, 49MIL49 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 26, 24, 4, 23, 17, 33, 22, 26MIL26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 22, 31, 25, 8, 33, 17, 42, 42BKN42 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 37, 12, 20, 32, 28, 15, 34, 9, 28, 20BKN20 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 25.

PHI over SAS2MIL over BKN3PHX over OKC3TOR over LAL7POR over BOS10MIA over CHA10SAC over DAL12NYK over HOU25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.4Season avg37.0Last 5

37.0 points a game over his last five games, against 26.4 in 57 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 42 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 49

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 47, 15, 28, 33, 27, 24, 31, 29, 1, 49MIL vs BKN · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Clifford Robinson PHX, Jan 16, 2000: 50 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Season high49 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 22, 31, 25, 8, 33, 17, 42, 42BKN @ MIL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Finley DAL, Nov 27, 2002: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ties season high42 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 20, 27, 26, 25, 10, 11, 15, 39TOR @ LAL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 10, 19, 14, 4, 9, 24, 20, 37TOR @ LAL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 36, 39, 36, 28, 38, 24, 21, 17, 18, 34PHI @ SAS · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 28, 14, 22, 27, 20, 26, 10, 33POR @ BOS · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+8.3 20.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+7.3 22.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Julius RandleNYK+7.1 31.3 last 10 · 24.2 season
Michael Porter Jr.DEN+6.7 25.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Luguentz DortOKC+6.3 20.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Evan FournierBOS−7.7 9.0 last 10 · 16.7 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−4.9 14.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Hamidou DialloDET−4.6 6.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Montrezl HarrellLAL−4.4 9.4 last 10 · 13.8 season