FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 9, 2022Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
IND120
PHI133
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +13
Final
NOP114
MEM141
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +39; Q4 MEM +27
Final
GSW100
SAS94
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +6
Final
SAC98
LAC117
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +14; 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 9, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: Jayson Tatum (BOS vs MIN), 53 points.
The lead · GSW @ SAS

Golden State makes it four straight

Golden State beat San Antonio 100–94 and moved to 52–29. Jordan Poole led Golden State with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+10+7+6GSW AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW23312422100
SAS2123272394
Who led
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 24, 26, 25, 38, 31, 22, 19, 18GSW18 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jonathan KumingaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 4, 4, 15, 0, 0, 17, 6, 18GSW18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Lonnie Walker IVPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 22, 20, 0, 6, 12, 8, 6, 24SAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tre JonesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 18, 14, 14, 15SAS15 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · IND @ PHI

Philadelphia leads Indiana wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 133–120. Best quarter: the first, 37–23. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 41 points, 20 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over SAS6PHI over IND13LAC over SAC19MEM over NOP27Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over IND.
Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 41

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: 30, 27, 37, 29, 37, 29, 44, 45, 30, 41PHI vs IND · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Davis LAL, Dec 9, 2023: 41 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Lonnie Walker IVPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 22, 20, 0, 6, 12, 8, 6, 24SAS vs GSW · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 21, 25, 17, 34, 22, 15, 19, 23LAC vs SAC · W
24.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 20, 21, 19, 21, 21, 30, 12, 23MEM vs NOP · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 14, 32, 18, 12, 21, 11, 13, 22PHI vs IND · W
22.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Davion MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 25, 22, 21, 24, 11, 9, 15, 22SAC @ LAC · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 7 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
Davion MitchellSAC+7.5 18.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Jordan PooleGSW+7.5 25.9 last 10 · 18.4 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