FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 4, 2026Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 136–134.

Final · OT
SAS134
DEN136
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final
WAS136
MIA152
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +31; Q4 MIA +16
Final
DET116
PHI93
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +23
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 4, 2025: 10 games. Top scorer: Deni Avdija (POR @ CHI), 37 points.
The lead · SAS @ DEN

Nikola Jokic scores 40, Denver wins in overtime

Tied 124–124 after regulation. Final: 136–134.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-7-40+2DEN AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS4329242810134
DEN3629273212136
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 22, 22, 23, 23, 33, 25, 15, 40DEN40 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Christian BraunPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 11, 15, 13, 11, 7, 12, 18, 21DEN21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 34, 20, 26, 19, 23, 41, 41, 34SAS34 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Stephon CastlePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 3, 19, 15, 22, 21, 15, 20, 20SAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · WAS @ MIA

Miami leads Washington wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 152–136. Best quarter: the third, 45–34. Jaime Jaquez Jr. led Miami with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over SAS2MIA over WAS16DET over PHI23Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 68 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 72 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic 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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 22, 22, 23, 23, 33, 25, 15, 40DEN vs SAS · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Paul LAC, Feb 26, 2016: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 34, 20, 26, 19, 23, 41, 41, 34SAS @ DEN · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Jaime Jaquez Jr.Points, last 10 games: 6, 22, 6, 8, 14, 20, 17, 14, 17, 32MIA vs WAS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Will RileyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 9, 11, 19, 22, 14, 20, 18, 31WAS @ MIA · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kel'el WarePoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 0, 7, 13, 14, 5, 5, 8, 24MIA vs WAS · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 21, 25, 31, 26, 23, 28, 21, 23PHI vs DET · L
28.6 PPG season to date · −5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 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
Daniss JenkinsDET+9.6 19.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Gui SantosGSW+8.2 17.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Will RileyWAS+8.0 18.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jordan PooleNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Alexandre SarrWAS−4.9 11.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Dennis SchroderCLE−4.5 6.3 last 10 · 10.8 season