FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 2, 2023Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MEM by 15 at halftime and won 128–107.

Final
TOR128
CHA108
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +20
Final
UTA110
BKN111
Q1 BKN +13; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +1
Final
MEM107
CHI128
Q1 CHI -11; Q2 CHI -15; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +21
Final
POR107
MIN105
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +2
Final · OT
DAL130
ATL132
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
WAS109
NYK118
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +9
Final
DET102
ORL128
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +19; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +26
Final · OT
SAS142
SAC134
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +8
Final
LAL134
HOU109
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +25
Final
PHX128
OKC118
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +10
Final
IND105
CLE115
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +10
Final
PHI104
MIL117
Q1 MIL +15; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +13
Final
GSW110
DEN112
Q1 DEN -10; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +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 · 2021–22Apr 2, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (BKN @ ATL), 55 points.
The lead · MEM @ CHI

Zach LaVine scores 36 in Chicago rout of Memphis

Final: 128–107, a 21-point win.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-15+9+21CHI AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM36321623107
CHI25284035128
Who led
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 39, 18, 26, 16, 33, 32, 23, 16, 23, 36CHI36 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 33, 49, 24, 25, 4, 17, 21, 22, 23, 31CHI31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 25, 28, 31, 28, 37, 18, 15, 16, 9, 31MEM31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 26, 17, 20, 25, 25, 31, 22, 21MEM21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 76 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Detroit by 26.

BKN over UTA1POR over MIN2ATL over DAL2DEN over GSW2SAS over SAC8NYK over WAS9PHX over OKC10CLE over IND10MIL over PHI13TOR over CHA20CHI over MEM21LAL over HOU25ORL over DET26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kyrie Irving 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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 38, 28, 18, 18, 16, 23, 23, 41DAL @ ATL · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 28, 2010: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 26, 15, 27, 37, 15, 38, 38, 40LAL @ HOU · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Al Harrington IND, Dec 23, 2002: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 21, 20, 31, 31, 22, 44, 42, 40CLE vs IND · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 19, 2003: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 29, 40, 31, 30, 27, 31, 39, 39OKC vs PHX · L
31.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 32, 28, 8, 13, 17, 31, 11, 37MIN vs POR · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 27, 13, 31, 32, 19, 26, 14, 36TOR @ CHA · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 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
Shaedon SharpePOR+10.2 19.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+9.8 30.0 last 10 · 20.2 season
Corey KispertWAS+6.7 17.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Austin ReavesLAL+6.5 19.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Andrew NembhardIND+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
LeBron JamesLAL−5.7 23.1 last 10 · 28.8 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.3 5.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Mason PlumleeLAC−5.2 5.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−5.1 6.7 last 10 · 11.8 season