FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 8, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed UTA by 17 after three quarters and won 111–105.

Final
MIL131
DET101
Q1 MIL +22; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +22; Q4 MIL +30
Final
NYK114
WAS92
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +22
Final
CLE107
BKN118
Q1 BKN +15; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN -5; Q4 BKN +11
Final
HOU115
TOR117
Q1 TOR -16; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR -10; Q4 TOR +2
Final
CHA133
CHI117
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +28; Q3 CHA +28; Q4 CHA +16
Final
ATL109
MIA113
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +4
Final
POR78
DAL128
Q1 DAL +23; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +38; Q4 DAL +50
Final
PHX111
UTA105
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -17; Q4 PHX +6
Final
OKC101
LAL120
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +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 8, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Chris Boucher (TOR vs CHI), 38 points.
The lead · PHX @ UTA

Devin Booker drops 33 in 17-point comeback win over Utah

Utah led by 17 after three. Final: 111–105.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-3-17+6PHX AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX30242136111
UTA24333513105
Who led
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 31, 28, 49, 35, 22, 41, 32, 33PHX33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 12, 35, 16, 14, 16, 9, 22, 19PHX19 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 5, 35, 21, 27, 26, 11, 17, 13, 27, 21UTA21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 37, 26, 12, 33, 29, 26, 20, 18UTA18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Dallas posts the night's biggest win

Dallas beat Portland by 50, the widest margin of 9 games.

TOR over HOU2MIA over ATL4PHX over UTA6BKN over CLE11CHA over CHI16LAL over OKC19NYK over WAS22MIL over DET30DAL over POR50Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 59 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 65 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 39

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 37, 15, 24, 32, 34, 35, 36, 32, 26, 39DAL vs POR · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 35, 23, 27, 41, 26, 55, 18, 32, 36BKN vs CLE · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 11, 11, 13, 10, 26, 30, 27, 21, 36, 35HOU @ TOR · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 45, 21, 33, 14, 41, 30, 36, 26, 30, 35ATL @ MIA · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Obi ToppinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 15, 10, 17, 4, 20, 20, 19, 35NYK @ WAS · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +26.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 31, 28, 49, 35, 22, 41, 32, 33PHX @ UTA · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+6.8 23.7 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.7 4.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Patty MillsBKN−5.5 5.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cole AnthonyORL−5.0 11.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA−5.0 10.1 last 10 · 15.1 season