FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 9, 2023Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 17 after the first quarter and won 109–95.

Final
PHI134
BKN105
Q1 PHI +15; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +29
Final
ATL114
BOS120
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +6
Final
DET81
CHI103
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +22
Final
CHA106
CLE95
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +11
Final
ORL110
MIA123
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +13
Final
IND141
NYK136
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND -7; Q4 IND +5
Final
MIL105
TOR121
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +16
Final
HOU114
WAS109
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -12; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +5
Final
SAS138
DAL117
Q1 SAS +28; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +21
Final
SAC95
DEN109
Q1 DEN -17; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +14
Final
UTA117
LAL128
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +11
Final
NOP108
MIN113
Q1 MIN -12; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +5
Final
MEM100
OKC115
Q1 OKC -4; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +15
Final
LAC119
PHX114
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +5
Final
GSW157
POR101
Q1 GSW +28; Q2 GSW +31; Q3 GSW +45; Q4 GSW +56
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 9, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs IND), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Denver storms back from 17 down to beat Sacramento

The Nuggets trailed by 17 after one and won 109–95. Bruce Brown led Denver with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-8+2+14DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC4324141495
DEN26332426109
Who led
Bruce BrownPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 11, 18, 19, 16, 14, 6, 31, 21DEN21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Zeke NnajiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 2, 5, 6, 2, 9, 7, 1, 18DEN18 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 19, 7, 11, 15, 16, 16, 13, 17SAC17 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 16, 24, 15, 20, 26, 16, 19, 14SAC14 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Portland by 56, the widest margin of 15 games.

IND over NYK5HOU over WAS5MIN over NOP5LAC over PHX5BOS over ATL6CHA over CLE11LAL over UTA11MIA over ORL13DEN over SAC14OKC over MEM15TOR over MIL16SAS over DAL21CHI over DET22PHI over BKN29GSW over POR56Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 66 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 74 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+43.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.1Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 4.1 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Cam Thomas leads the day with 46

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.
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 1, 0, 0, 7, 18, 0, 2, 0, 46BKN vs PHI · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +36.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter TOR, Dec 20, 2000: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
46 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 29, 26, 31, 36, 22, 24, 18, 42NOP @ MIN · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 12, 2008: 42 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Season high42 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Kenneth Lofton Jr.Points, last 10 games: 11, 2, 5, 11, 3, 0, 3, 6, 3, 42MEM @ OKC · L
5.2 PPG season to date · +38.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Bosh TOR, Dec 22, 2007: 42 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Season high42 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 19, 25, 18, 18, 37, 33, 16, 36LAL vs UTA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Obi ToppinPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 5, 15, 6, 12, 21, 32, 10, 34NYK vs IND · L
7.4 PPG season to date · +27.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 12, 6, 0, 0, 7, 5, 22, 30BOS vs ATL · W
5.6 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Mar 21, 2024: 30 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Career high30 PTS · 14 REB · 11 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+13.8 23.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Talen Horton-TuckerUTA+9.5 20.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+9.3 24.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+8.8 29.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Quentin GrimesNYK+8.7 20.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−6.0 5.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
DeMar DeRozanCHI−5.7 18.8 last 10 · 24.5 season
Ja MorantMEM−5.5 20.7 last 10 · 26.2 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.3 5.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR−5.1 12.3 last 10 · 17.4 season