FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 8, 2023Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed POR by 7 after the first quarter and won 136–125.

Final
DEN114
UTA118
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +4
Final
POR125
LAC136
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +11
Final
MIN151
SAS131
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +28; Q4 MIN +20
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 8, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs POR), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ LAC

Portland's skid reaches three

Clippers won 136–125; the Trail Blazers fall to 33–48. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-6+13+11LAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR33372629125
LAC26384527136
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 21, 32, 12, 22, 12, 40, 25, 27LAC27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 9, 13, 2, 13, 16, 12, 27, 23LAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 11, 15, 12, 9, 19, 6, 24, 30POR30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 24, 29, 12, 30, 27, 27, 20, 26POR26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 78 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 67 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DEN @ UTA

Utah handles Denver by 4

The Jazz won the first quarter 32–19. Final: 118–114. Ochai Agbaji led Utah with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over DEN4LAC over POR11MIN over SAS20Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over DEN.
Top performances

Anthony Edwards 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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 8, 13, 17, 31, 11, 37, 23, 33MIN @ SAS · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 11, 15, 12, 9, 19, 6, 24, 30POR @ LAC · L
6.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Ochai AgbajiPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 20, 9, 10, 12, 19, 22, 13, 28UTA vs DEN · W
8.1 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 21, 32, 12, 22, 12, 40, 25, 27LAC vs POR · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 24, 29, 12, 30, 27, 27, 20, 26POR @ LAC · L
9.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Julian ChampagniePoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 12, 2, 2, 8, 26, 10, 24, 24SAS vs MIN · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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+13.1 22.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Talen Horton-TuckerUTA+9.5 20.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+8.8 29.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Quentin GrimesNYK+7.6 18.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Austin ReavesLAL+7.6 20.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
LeBron JamesLAL−6.2 22.6 last 10 · 28.8 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−6.0 5.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ja MorantMEM−5.5 20.7 last 10 · 26.2 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.3 5.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
DeMar DeRozanCHI−5.1 19.6 last 10 · 24.7 season