FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 3, 2022Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 10 at halftime and won 114–109.

Final
WAS102
BOS144
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +42
Final
DAL118
MIL112
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +6
Final
DEN129
LAL118
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +11
Final
DET121
IND117
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +4
Final
PHI112
CLE108
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +4
Final
NYK118
ORL88
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +32; Q4 NYK +30
Final
MIN139
HOU132
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +7
Final
PHX96
OKC117
Q1 OKC -7; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +21
Final
POR92
SAS113
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +21
Final
MIA114
TOR109
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -10; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +5
Final
GSW109
SAC90
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +19
Final
NOP100
LAC119
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +22; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +19
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2020–21Apr 3, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN @ PHI), 39 points.
The lead · MIA @ TOR

Miami rallies from 10 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 10 at the half, Miami outscored the Raptors 69–54 the rest of the way. Final: 114–109. Max Strus led Miami with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-6-10+1+5MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA28173435114
TOR34212331109
Who led
Max StrusPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 1, 0, 11, 13, 8, 14, 10, 23MIA23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 7 games: 11, 4, 5, 2, 7, 9, 21MIA21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 26, 22, 35, 23, 40, 12, 16, 29TOR29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 20, 19, 10, 5, 14, 12, 19, 29TOR29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 63 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Boston by 42.

DET over IND4PHI over CLE4MIA over TOR5DAL over MIL6MIN over HOU7DEN over LAL11GSW over SAC19LAC over NOP19OKC over PHX21SAS over POR21NYK over ORL30BOS over WAS42Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 44

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 21, 30, 27, 37, 29, 37, 29, 44PHI @ CLE · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Love MIN, Dec 18, 2010: 43 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
44 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 23, 30, 28, 35, 26, 37, 38, 38DEN @ LAL · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 27, 25, 19, 19, 12, 24, 24, 18, 33MIN @ HOU · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 37, 17, 37, 15, 24, 32, 34, 35, 36, 32DAL @ MIL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 30, 30, 25, 26, 31, 28, 32, 32BOS vs WAS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 17, 8, 23, 25, 30, 32, 33, 31HOU vs MIN · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 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
Jordan PooleGSW+9.5 27.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Davion MitchellSAC+7.5 18.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Darius BazleyOKC+6.6 17.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−7.4 3.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Patty MillsBKN−6.1 5.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA−5.7 9.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cole AnthonyORL−5.0 11.3 last 10 · 16.3 season