FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 9, 2024Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAC by 19 at halftime and won 112–105.

Final
DAL130
CHA104
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +26
Final
DET102
PHI120
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +18
Final
IND140
TOR123
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +17
Final · 2OT
MIA117
ATL111
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +6
Final
BOS91
MIL104
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +20; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +13
Final
NYK128
CHI117
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +11
Final
ORL106
HOU118
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +12
Final
SAS102
MEM87
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +15
Final
WAS121
MIN130
Q1 MIN -18; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +9
Final
SAC105
OKC112
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -19; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC +7
Final
DEN111
UTA95
Q1 DEN +17; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +16
Final
GSW134
LAL120
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +14
Final
LAC105
PHX92
Q1 LAC +27; Q2 LAC +33; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +13
Final
NOP110
POR100
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP -3; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +10
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 9, 2023: 15 games. Top scorer: Cam Thomas (BKN vs PHI), 46 points.
The lead · SAC @ OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40 as OKC beats Sacramento

OKC won 112–105. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 40 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-3-19-3+7OKC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC31332318105
OKC28173928112
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 31, 20, 31, 23, 12, 24, 19, 40OKC40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 8, 11, 4, 15, 15, 22, 12, 18OKC18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 18, 23, 24, 20, 29, 40, 20, 33SAC33 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Keon EllisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 10, 16, 5, 3, 11, 3, 6, 26SAC26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Fourteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Dallas by 26.

MIA over ATL6OKC over SAC7MIN over WAS9NOP over POR10NYK over CHI11HOU over ORL12MIL over BOS13LAC over PHX13GSW over LAL14SAS over MEM15DEN over UTA16IND over TOR17PHI over DET18DAL over CHA26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 65 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 36 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 51

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: 16, 23, 9, 25, 22, 21, 28, 17, 26, 51MIN vs WAS · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter TOR, May 11, 2001: 50 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Career high51 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 26, 61, 30, 20, 35, 35, 43, 45NYK @ CHI · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Oct 31, 1997: 45 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
45 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 31, 20, 31, 23, 12, 24, 19, 40OKC vs SAC · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 17, 2000: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 29, 28, 26, 47, 30, 25, 37, 39DAL @ CHA · W
33.9 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 17, 2017: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
39 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 41, 36, 33, 70, 31, 14, 24, 29, 30, 37PHI vs DET · W
34.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 34, 15, 13, 22, 10, 22, 10, 13, 24, 37HOU vs ORL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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+8.3 22.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+7.7 23.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
CJ McCollumNOP+7.0 26.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Deandre AytonPOR+6.4 23.2 last 10 · 16.8 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.1 18.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Donovan MitchellCLE−8.2 18.2 last 10 · 26.4 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−5.6 9.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC−5.1 25.3 last 10 · 30.4 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−5.1 9.7 last 10 · 14.8 season