FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 14, 2024Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed CLE by 9 after the first quarter and won 120–110.

Final
WAS122
BOS132
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +10
Final
CHA120
CLE110
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA -8; Q4 CHA +10
Final
ATL115
IND157
Q1 IND +15; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +32; Q4 IND +42
Final
TOR103
MIA118
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +15
Final · OT
CHI119
NYK120
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +1
Final
MIL88
ORL113
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +25
Final
BKN86
PHI107
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +21
Final
UTA116
GSW123
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +7
Final
HOU116
LAC105
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +11
Final
DEN126
MEM111
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +15
Final
PHX125
MIN106
Q1 PHX +22; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +19
Final
LAL124
NOP108
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +16
Final
DAL86
OKC135
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +41; Q3 OKC +51; Q4 OKC +49
Final
POR82
SAC121
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +28; Q3 SAC +41; Q4 SAC +39
Final
DET95
SAS123
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +23; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +28
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 14, 2023: 2 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (MIA vs CHI), 31 points.
The lead · CHA @ CLE

Charlotte climbs out of a 9-point hole against Cleveland

Down 9 after one, the Hornets won the second quarter 33–25 and the game 120–110. Nick Smith Jr. led Charlotte with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-9-1-8+10CHA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA24333132120
CLE33253814110
Who led
Nick Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 0, 8, 0, 2, 0, 3, 4, 0, 15, 24CHA24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
JT ThorPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 3, 1, 9, 4, 5, 6, 6, 20CHA20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Georges NiangPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 4, 8, 0, 12, 2, 4, 9, 16CLE16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Max StrusPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 9, 15, 9, 5, 20, 8, 7, 14CLE14 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Dallas by 49, the widest margin of 15 games.

NYK over CHI1GSW over UTA7BOS over WAS10CHA over CLE10HOU over LAC11MIA over TOR15DEN over MEM15LAL over NOP16PHX over MIN19PHI over BKN21ORL over MIL25SAS over DET28SAC over POR39IND over ATL42OKC over DAL49Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 81 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 81 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+40.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.6Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 5.6 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

GG Jackson leads the day with 44

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.
GG JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 11, 15, 15, 17, 11, 22, 31, 44MEM vs DEN · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +30.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Feb 13, 1998: 44 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Career high44 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 61, 30, 20, 35, 35, 43, 45, 39, 30, 40NYK vs CHI · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dejounte Murray ATL, Jan 30, 2023: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 7, 11, 21, 20, 6, 16, 31, 38BOS vs WAS · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +28.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 13, 7, 14, 33, 19, 26, 20, 36PHX @ MIN · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 30, 44, 20, 17, 24, 16, 14, 29, 12, 32ATL @ IND · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 12, 10, 9, 16, 22, 16, 17, 31IND vs ATL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 0 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
Jalen BrunsonNYK+9.1 37.8 last 10 · 28.7 season
CJ McCollumNOP+7.5 27.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jake LaRaviaMEM+6.7 17.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+6.3 20.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.1 18.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Trae YoungATL−7.0 18.7 last 10 · 25.7 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−6.8 19.8 last 10 · 26.6 season
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC−6.8 23.3 last 10 · 30.1 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.6 7.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season