FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 4, 2023Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed OKC by 10 at halftime and won 136–125.

Final
TOR120
CHA100
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +20
Final
MIA118
DET105
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +13
Final
CLE117
ORL113
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +4
Final
MIL140
WAS128
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +12
Final
MIN107
BKN102
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +5
Final
ATL123
CHI105
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +18
Final
DEN103
HOU124
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +21
Final
POR109
MEM119
Q1 MEM +16; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +10
Final
SAC121
NOP103
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +18
Final
BOS101
PHI103
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +2
Final · OT
LAL135
UTA133
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final
OKC125
GSW136
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +11
Final
SAS94
PHX115
Q1 PHX +17; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +21
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · OKC @ GSW

Stephen Curry scores 34, Golden State rallies past OKC

Golden State trailed by 10 at the half and won 136–125.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-3-10-4+11GSW AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC39402719125
GSW36333334136
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 30, 20, 29, 20, 39, 33, 21, 34GSW34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 5, 16, 33, 27, 21, 27, 17, 30GSW30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 40, 31, 30, 27, 31, 39, 39, 32OKC32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 16, 9, 23, 31, 27, 14, 12, 19OKC19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 64 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
7.92021–22 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 2021–22 (28 games). Line: 24 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 21.

PHI over BOS2LAL over UTA2CLE over ORL4MIN over BKN5MEM over POR10GSW over OKC11MIL over WAS12MIA over DET13ATL over CHI18SAC over NOP18TOR over CHA20HOU over DEN21PHX over SAS21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 52

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: 38, 31, 37, 12, 46, 28, 25, 25, 28, 52PHI vs BOS · W
33.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jimmy Butler CHI, Jan 2, 2017: 52 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
52 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 20, 31, 31, 22, 44, 42, 40, 43CLE @ ORL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Feb 11, 1997: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
43 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 38, 21, 13, 26, 19, 25, 18, 18, 37LAL @ UTA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 30, 20, 29, 20, 39, 33, 21, 34GSW vs OKC · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 40, 31, 30, 27, 31, 39, 39, 32OKC @ GSW · L
31.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 20, 32, 13, 30, 19, 14, 32, 24, 32HOU vs DEN · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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+11.4 21.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Talen Horton-TuckerUTA+9.5 20.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+8.7 29.0 last 10 · 20.3 season
Austin ReavesLAL+7.6 20.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ochai AgbajiUTA+7.2 14.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.3 last 10 · 9.0 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
Anfernee SimonsPOR−4.8 16.3 last 10 · 21.1 season