FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 7, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 119–114.

Final
ORL101
CHA128
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +20; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +27
Final
BOS121
MIL127
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +6
Final
PHI114
TOR119
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +5
Final
SAS121
MIN127
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +6
Final
POR94
NOP127
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +25; Q4 NOP +33
Final
MEM109
DEN122
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +27; Q4 DEN +13
Final
LAL112
GSW128
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +16
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 7, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (UTA @ PHX), 41 points.
The lead · PHI @ TOR

Pascal Siakam posts 37 and 10 as Toronto beats Philadelphia

37 points and 10 rebounds in a 119–114 win.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4+2+5TOR AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI33272529114
TOR26303132119
Who led
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 35, 23, 40, 12, 16, 29, 31, 37TOR37 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Gary Trent Jr.Points, last 10 games: 28, 7, 23, 9, 12, 29, 17, 19, 14, 30TOR30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 27, 37, 29, 37, 29, 44, 45, 30PHI30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 11, 18, 7, 13, 19, 11, 30, 22PHI22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.0Season avg37.8Last 5

37.8 points a game over his last five games, against 27.0 in 73 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · SAS @ MIN

Minnesota gets past San Antonio

127–121, with Minnesota ahead 64–57 at halftime. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 49 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over PHI5MIL over BOS6MIN over SAS6DEN over MEM13GSW over LAL16CHA over ORL27NOP over POR33Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over SAS.
Top performances

Anthony Edwards 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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 19, 12, 24, 24, 18, 33, 18, 49MIN vs SAS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, May 20, 2009: 49 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Career high49 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Talen Horton-TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 20, 2, 0, 7, 12, 11, 7, 7, 40LAL @ GSW · L
9.9 PPG season to date · +30.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Feb 2, 2001: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Career high40 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 35, 23, 40, 12, 16, 29, 31, 37TOR vs PHI · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Scottie Pippen CHI, Dec 18, 1995: 37 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
37 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 28, 35, 26, 37, 38, 38, 41, 35DEN vs MEM · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 20, 18, 24, 15, 37, 25, 13, 36, 33GSW vs LAL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 27, 37, 29, 37, 29, 44, 45, 30PHI @ TOR · L
30.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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+8.5 26.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Davion MitchellSAC+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Jalen GreenHOU+6.7 23.7 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.7 4.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Patty MillsBKN−6.4 5.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Gabe VincentMIA−5.1 3.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA−5.0 10.0 last 10 · 15.0 season