FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 3, 2026Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NOP by 11 at halftime and won 117–113.

Final
IND108
CHA129
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +19; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +21
Final
MIN103
PHI115
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +12
Final
ATL141
BKN107
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +34
Final
CHI96
NYK136
Q1 NYK +22; Q2 NYK +37; Q3 NYK +36; Q4 NYK +40
Final
UTA106
HOU140
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +34
Final
TOR128
MEM96
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +32
Final
BOS133
MIL101
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +29; Q4 BOS +32
Final
ORL138
DAL127
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +11
Final
NOP113
SAC117
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -11; Q3 SAC -7; Q4 SAC +4
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 · 2024–25Apr 3, 2025: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ LAL), 37 points.
The lead · NOP @ SAC

Sacramento climbs back to beat New Orleans

New Orleans led by 11 at the half. Sacramento won it 117–113. Maxime Raynaud led Sacramento with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-9-11-7+4SAC AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP30362621113
SAC21343032117
Who led
Maxime RaynaudPoints, last 10 games: 8, 32, 30, 22, 16, 10, 18, 13, 6, 28SAC28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Nique CliffordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 11, 10, 15, 7, 3, 17, 9, 23SAC23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jeremiah FearsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 8, 7, 21, 13, 10, 12, 21, 28NOP28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 20, 19, 18, 17, 19, 18, 15, 20NOP20 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 74 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: New York by 40.

SAC over NOP4ORL over DAL11PHI over MIN12CHA over IND21TOR over MEM32BOS over MIL32ATL over BKN34HOU over UTA34NYK over CHI40Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Cooper Flagg 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.
Cooper FlaggPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 17, 18, 32, 26, 24, 12, 19, 51DAL vs ORL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +30.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Apr 7, 2006: 51 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high51 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 16, 9, 21, 17, 10, 8, 25, 31NYK vs CHI · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 22, 14, 37, 20, 11, 30, 25, 30IND @ CHA · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
GG JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 19, 26, 20, 14, 10, 14, 20, 30MEM vs TOR · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jeremiah FearsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 8, 7, 21, 13, 10, 12, 21, 28NOP @ SAC · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Maxime RaynaudPoints, last 10 games: 8, 32, 30, 22, 16, 10, 18, 13, 6, 28SAC vs NOP · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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
Cody WilliamsUTA+10.4 18.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+10.4 25.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Gui SantosGSW+8.2 17.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Will RileyWAS+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Airious BaileyUTA+7.2 20.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Nikola JokicDEN−5.3 22.4 last 10 · 27.7 season
Jordan PooleNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Alexandre SarrWAS−4.9 11.4 last 10 · 16.3 season