FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 5, 2024Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed NOP by 10 at halftime and won 111–109.

Final
ORL115
CHA124
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +15; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +9
Final
OKC112
IND126
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +14
Final
POR108
WAS102
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +6
Final
SAC100
BOS101
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +1
Final
NYK100
CHI108
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MIA119
HOU104
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +15
Final
DET90
MEM108
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +18
Final
TOR117
MIL111
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +6
Final
SAS111
NOP109
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +2
Final
GSW106
DAL108
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +2
Final
MIN87
PHX97
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +10
Final
UTA102
LAC131
Q1 LAC +25; Q2 LAC +33; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +29
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 · 2022–23Apr 5, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM @ NOP), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ NOP

San Antonio turns it around against New Orleans

From 10 down at the half to a 2-point win: 111–109. Devonte' Graham led San Antonio with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-9-100+2SAS AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS18333525111
NOP27342523109
Who led
Devonte' GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 0, 0, 8, 0, 6, 6, 2, 20SAS20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 12, 31, 13, 19, 40, 32, 23, 17SAS17 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 30, 23, 23, 25, 24, 15, 36, 31NOP31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 8, 13, 6, 17, 2, 11, 11, 26NOP26 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Utah by 29.

BOS over SAC1SAS over NOP2DAL over GSW2POR over WAS6TOR over MIL6CHI over NYK8CHA over ORL9PHX over MIN10IND over OKC14MIA over HOU15MEM over DET18LAC over UTA29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 2.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

De'Aaron Fox leads the day with 40

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.
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 31, 23, 18, 23, 24, 20, 29, 40SAC @ BOS · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antawn Jamison GSW, Mar 8, 2003: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 10, 17, 31, 32, 30, 11, 27, 20, 36MIL vs TOR · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 17, 28, 26, 61, 30, 20, 35, 35NYK @ CHI · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 31, 20, 25, 8, 18, 20, 24, 34POR @ WAS · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 20, 22, 15, 23, 13, 15, 32, 32ORL @ CHA · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Brandon MillerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 13, 24, 31, 12, 22, 19, 21, 32CHA vs ORL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+10.2 23.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+8.2 20.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jalen GreenHOU+8.0 27.9 last 10 · 19.9 season
Deandre AytonPOR+7.1 23.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+6.1 21.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−7.0 8.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.6 8.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−5.9 20.8 last 10 · 26.8 season
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC−5.3 25.0 last 10 · 30.3 season