FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 23, 2022Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DAL by 3 after three quarters and won 100–99.

Final · R1 · G4
PHI102
TOR110
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +8
Final · R1 · G4
DAL99
UTA100
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +1
Final · R1 · G3
BOS109
BKN103
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +6
Final · R1 · G4
MEM118
MIN119
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +1
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 23, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Jayson Tatum (BOS @ BKN), 38 points.
The lead · First round · Game 4 · DAL @ UTA

Utah evens the series with Dallas at 2–2

Utah won Game 4, 100–99, in the first round. Jordan Clarkson led Utah with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+12-3+1UTA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2319391899
UTA24302422100
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 22, 18, 9, 9, 10, 21, 14, 25UTA25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 33, 29, 26, 20, 18, 32, 34, 32, 23UTA23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 34, 35, 36, 32, 26, 39, 26, 30DAL30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 15, 24, 9, 18, 24, 41, 31, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+15.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.3Reg. season avg31.7Last 3 playoff games

31.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 16.3 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Reg. season avg2.0Last 2 playoff games

2.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 21.1 in the regular season (67 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Reg. season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 28.0 a game in the regular season (68 games). Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MEM @ MIN · R1 · G4

Minnesota controls Memphis start to finish

Minnesota won 119–118, leading by as many as 6 at a break. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 33 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · MEM vs MIN
G1 · @ MEMMIN130–117G2 · @ MEMMEM124–96G3 · @ MINMEM104–95G4 · @ MINMIN119–118Game by game through Apr 23, winner and final score. Pink = MIN win.
Top performances

Jayson Tatum 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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 23, 31, 22, 16, 31, 31, 19, 39BOS @ BKN · W
29.7 PPG playoffs to date
39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 29, 31, 37, 29, 24, 20, 12, 34TOR vs PHI · W
22.5 PPG playoffs to date · +15.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 16, 23, 14, 18, 17, 16, 26, 34MEM @ MIN · L
23.2 PPG playoffs to date · +14.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 28, 26, 21, 11, 29, 15, 8, 33MIN vs MEM · W
21.2 PPG playoffs to date · +15.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 34, 35, 36, 32, 26, 39, 26, 30DAL @ UTA · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Bruce BrownPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 15, 5, 18, 21, 18, 5, 23, 26BKN vs BOS · L
18.0 PPG playoffs to date
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST