FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, May 14, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed SAC by 4 at halftime and won 107–106.

Final
CLE105
WAS120
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +15
Final
DEN104
DET91
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +13
Final
UTA109
OKC93
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +16
Final
ORL97
PHI122
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +23; Q3 PHI +27; Q4 PHI +25
Final
TOR110
DAL114
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +4
Final
LAC115
HOU122
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAC106
MEM107
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +1
Final
NOP122
GSW125
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +3
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 · SAC @ MEM

Memphis holds off Sacramento, 107–106

Memphis led 79–76 after three and held on to win by one. Justise Winslow led Memphis with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-4+3+1MEM AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC25321930106
MEM29242628107
Who led
Justise WinslowPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 0, 25MEM25 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Xavier TillmanPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 8, 4, 0, 11, 2, 9, 0, 16MEM16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Louis KingPoints, last 5 games: 0, 0, 2, 3, 27SAC27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Damian JonesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 9, 4, 0, 6, 11, 6, 6, 17SAC17 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Orlando by 25.

MEM over SAC1GSW over NOP3DAL over TOR4HOU over LAC7DEN over DET13WAS over CLE15UTA over OKC16PHI over ORL25Final 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
9.2Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 4.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jordan Poole leads the day with 38

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.
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 17, 11, 9, 14, 16, 20, 20, 38GSW vs NOP · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jalen HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 3, 3, 11, 2, 16, 10, 17, 31TOR @ DAL · L
7.4 PPG season to date · +25.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 17, 31, 12, 5, 13, 18, 13, 30NOP @ GSW · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Mychal MulderPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 17, 6, 8, 25, 9, 8, 5, 28GSW vs NOP · W
6.0 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Louis KingPoints, last 5 games: 0, 0, 2, 3, 27SAC @ MEM · L
6.4 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Malachi FlynnPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 10, 0, 1, 4, 15, 11, 16, 26TOR @ DAL · L
7.1 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 6 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
Bojan BogdanovicUTA+8.8 25.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Miles BridgesCHA+8.3 20.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kenyon Martin Jr.HOU+8.0 17.3 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+7.8 21.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Khem BirchTOR+6.4 13.4 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Joel EmbiidPHI−6.3 22.2 last 10 · 28.5 season
Elfrid PaytonNYK−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Enes KanterPOR−4.4 6.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Lou WilliamsATL−4.3 7.1 last 10 · 11.4 season