FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 6, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ORL by 9 after the first quarter and won 118–94.

Final
CLE118
ORL94
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +22; Q4 CLE +24
Final
MIA129
PHI101
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +28
Final
POR127
SAS129
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +2
Final
OKC114
UTA98
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +16
Final
DEN115
PHX119
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +4
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 6, 2022: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (BKN @ NYK), 32 points.
The lead · CLE @ ORL

Cleveland climbs out of a 9-point hole against Orlando

Down 9 after one, the Cavaliers won the second quarter 34–15 and the game 118–94. Danny Green led Cleveland with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+10+22+24CLE AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE33342823118
ORL4215162194
Who led
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 0, 3, 3, 4, 6, 0, 2, 21CLE21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Cedi OsmanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 12, 8, 5, 3, 14, 4, 2, 19CLE19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jalen SuggsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 12, 5, 16, 2, 8, 18, 8, 22ORL22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Bol BolPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 4, 0, 2, 6, 6, 0, 4, 18ORL18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · POR @ SAS

San Antonio takes over late to edge Portland

Down 2 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 31–27. Final: 129–127. Keita Bates-Diop led San Antonio with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over POR2PHX over DEN4OKC over UTA16CLE over ORL24MIA over PHI28Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Bruce Brown leads the day with 31

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.
Bruce BrownPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 14, 11, 18, 19, 16, 14, 6, 31DEN @ PHX · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 23, 20, 37, 16, 30, 35, 18, 29PHX vs DEN · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Keita Bates-DiopPoints, last 10 games: 0, 12, 14, 20, 2, 15, 14, 13, 13, 25SAS vs POR · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 15, 13, 9, 19, 5, 16, 22, 25PHX vs DEN · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 24, 26, 35, 18, 12, 35, 27, 24MIA @ PHI · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 8, 23, 27, 21, 29, 30, 22, 24SAS vs POR · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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+8.9 29.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+7.8 22.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Austin ReavesLAL+7.1 20.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Gary Trent Jr.TOR−5.3 12.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.3 5.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Trae YoungATL−5.2 21.0 last 10 · 26.2 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−5.1 6.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Mason PlumleeLAC−5.1 5.8 last 10 · 10.9 season