FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 28, 2022Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed UTA by 12 at halftime and won 98–96.

Final · R1 · G6
PHI132
TOR97
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +35
Final · R1 · G6
PHX115
NOP109
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -10; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +6
Final · R1 · G6
DAL98
UTA96
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -12; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +2
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 28, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Jaylen Brown (BOS vs CHA), 38 points.
The lead · First round · Game 6 · DAL @ UTA

Dallas wins Game 6 over Utah, 98–96

First round series: Dallas 4, Utah 2. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-12+5+2DAL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1526362198
UTA2132192496
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 35, 36, 32, 26, 39, 26, 30, 33, 24DAL24 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 9, 18, 24, 41, 31, 23, 24, 24DAL24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 20, 18, 32, 34, 32, 23, 9, 23UTA23 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 27, 21, 26, 25, 24, 12, 2, 19UTA19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.3Reg. season avg23.7Last 3 playoff games

23.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 16.3 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Reg. season avg10.0Last 3 playoff games

10.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.5 in the regular season (76 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Reg. season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 28.0 a game in the regular season (68 games). Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · PHX @ NOP · R1 · G6

Phoenix rallies from 10 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 10 at the half, Phoenix outscored the Pelicans 67–51 the rest of the way. Final: 115–109. Chris Paul led Phoenix with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Series tracker · PHX vs NOP
G1 · @ PHXPHX110–99G2 · @ PHXNOP125–114G3 · @ NOPPHX114–111G4 · @ NOPNOP118–103G5 · @ PHXPHX112–97G6 · @ NOPPHX115–109Game by game through Apr 28, winner and final score. Pink = PHX win.
Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 33

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 6, 16, 30, 17, 28, 4, 22, 33PHX @ NOP · W
22.3 PPG playoffs to date · +12.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 44, 45, 30, 41, 19, 31, 33, 21, 20, 33PHI @ TOR · W
26.2 PPG playoffs to date · +8.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 18, 25, 38, 23, 19, 11, 12, 25PHI @ TOR · W
21.3 PPG playoffs to date · +4.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoucherPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 6, 21, 7, 17, 3, 9, 6, 25TOR vs PHI · L
11.2 PPG playoffs to date · +16.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 35, 36, 32, 26, 39, 26, 30, 33, 24DAL @ UTA · W
29.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 37, 29, 24, 20, 12, 34, 23, 24TOR vs PHI · L
22.8 PPG playoffs to date · +1.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST