FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 2, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 7 at halftime and won 124–105.

Final
NYK105
CLE124
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +19
Final
CHA105
IND119
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +14
Final
SAC111
WAS116
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +5
Final
MIA124
BOS103
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +21
Final
UTA105
HOU143
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +24; Q3 HOU +27; Q4 HOU +38
Final
ATL118
DAL120
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +2
Final
SAS113
DEN106
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +7
Final
DET103
OKC119
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +16
Final
NOP98
LAC114
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +16
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 · 2023–24Apr 2, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs SAS), 42 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

Cleveland beats New York, 124–105

Cleveland led 91–85 after three and won by 19. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-7+6+19CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK34262520105
CLE28253833124
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 18, 26, 7, 16, 25, 38, 24, 27CLE27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 10, 6, 18, 14, 29, 8, 25, 21CLE21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 32, 24, 31, 26, 34, 14, 10, 25NYK25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 25, 23, 35, 28, 31, 28, 27, 23NYK23 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Utah by 38, the widest margin of 9 games.

DAL over ATL2WAS over SAC5SAS over DEN7IND over CHA14OKC over DET16LAC over NOP16CLE over NYK19MIA over BOS21HOU over UTA38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 69 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 17 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 34

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 DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 36, 42, 4, 26, 12, 15, 18, 12, 34DAL vs ATL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 34, 48, 31, 30, 26, 32, 37, 33, 27, 33OKC vs DET · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 12, 18, 14, 14, 6, 17, 12, 30DEN vs SAS · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 22, 22, 20, 10, 21, 21, 31, 29SAC @ WAS · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 23, 33, 23, 25, 27, 31, 21, 28LAC vs NOP · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 18, 26, 7, 16, 25, 38, 24, 27CLE vs NYK · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Quentin GrimesPHI+13.9 28.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+8.6 25.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Ja MorantMEM+7.0 29.7 last 10 · 22.7 season
OG AnunobyNYK+6.5 24.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Justin EdwardsPHI+6.4 16.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Norman PowellLAC−8.3 14.1 last 10 · 22.4 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−6.1 17.4 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−6.1 20.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
Domantas SabonisSAC−5.6 13.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Gradey DickTOR−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season