FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 18, 2022Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed UTA by 7 at halftime and won 110–104.

Final · R1 · G2
TOR97
PHI112
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +24; Q4 PHI +15
Final · R1 · G2
UTA104
DAL110
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +6
Final · R1 · G2
DEN106
GSW126
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +20
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 18, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs SAC), 37 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · UTA @ DAL

Jalen Brunson scores 41 as Dallas beats Utah

Dallas won 110–104. Jalen Brunson: 41 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists. First round series: Dallas 1, Utah 1.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final00-7-4+6DAL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA24312623104
DAL24242933110
Who led
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 18, 21, 15, 24, 9, 18, 24, 41DAL41 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Maxi KleberPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 6, 6, 10, 25DAL25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 37, 26, 12, 33, 29, 26, 20, 18, 32, 34UTA34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 26, 11, 17, 13, 27, 21, 26, 25UTA25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+16.2points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.3Reg. season avg32.5Last 2 playoff games

32.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 16.3 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 41 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Reg. season avg18.0Last 2 playoff games

18.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 35.0 in the regular season (70 games). Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Reg. season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 28.0 a game in the regular season (68 games). Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · TOR @ PHI · R1 · G2

Philadelphia beats Toronto by 15, moves within two of advancing

Game 2: 112–97. Series: 2–0. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Series tracker · TOR vs PHI
G1 · @ PHIPHI131–111G2 · @ PHIPHI112–97Game by game through Apr 18, winner and final score. Pink = PHI win.
Top performances

Jalen Brunson 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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 18, 21, 15, 24, 9, 18, 24, 41DAL vs UTA · W
32.5 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Rudy Gay SAC, Jan 21, 2014: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Career high41 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 37, 26, 12, 33, 29, 26, 20, 18, 32, 34UTA @ DAL · L
33.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 30, 15, 34, 8, 47, 3, 16, 34GSW vs DEN · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 37, 29, 44, 45, 30, 41, 19, 31PHI vs TOR · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 38, 31, 22, 19, 18, 22, 30, 29GSW vs DEN · W
29.5 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 26, 37, 38, 38, 41, 35, 25, 26DEN @ GSW · L
25.5 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST