FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, May 15, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed CHI by 1 after the first quarter and won 105–91.

Final
CHI91
BKN105
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +14
Final
LAL122
IND115
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +7
Final · OT
CHA109
NYK118
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +9
Final
BOS124
MIN108
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +16
Final
PHX140
SAS103
Q1 PHX +17; Q2 PHX +21; Q3 PHX +39; Q4 PHX +37
Final
MIA108
MIL122
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +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 · CHI @ BKN

Brooklyn keeps rolling, beats Chicago

That is four in a row. Final: 105–91. Kyrie Irving led Brooklyn with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+10+8+14BKN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2922202091
BKN28331826105
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 9, 28, 20, 38, 45, 31, 13, 22BKN22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 16, 7, 10, 11, 15, 14, 16, 19BKN19 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Patrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 19, 5, 11, 7, 4, 5, 9, 24CHI24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 20, 13, 7, 9, 11, 4, 10, 19CHI19 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 64 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 43 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.5Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 4.5 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat San Antonio by 37, the widest margin of 6 games.

LAL over IND7NYK over CHA9BKN over CHI14MIL over MIA14BOS over MIN16PHX over SAS37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Julius Randle 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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 31, 28, 14, 24, 14, 31, 25, 33NYK vs CHA · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Jan 14, 2025: 33 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
33 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Kendrick NunnPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 22, 19, 14, 12, 12, 18, 13, 31MIA @ MIL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 13, 25, 20, 21, 19, 27, 15, 30CHA @ NYK · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 25, 33, 14, 31, 35, 20, 24, 28IND vs LAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 22, 12, 25, 4, 36, 42, 20, 28LAL @ IND · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 32, 31, 30, 16, 21, 34, 18, 27PHX @ SAS · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Kenyon Martin Jr.HOU+8.0 17.3 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+7.8 21.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Miles BridgesCHA+7.7 20.4 last 10 · 12.7 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−5.3 5.0 last 10 · 10.3 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