FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 5, 2026Regular season · 11 games
← Apr 4CalendarApr 6 →

11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NOP by 8 at halftime and won 112–108.

Final
WAS115
BKN121
Q1 BKN +12; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +6
Final
TOR101
BOS115
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +14
Final
PHX120
CHI110
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +10
Final
MEM115
MIL131
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +16
Final
IND108
CLE117
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +9
Final
CHA122
MIN108
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +14
Final
ORL112
NOP108
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL -7; Q4 ORL +4
Final
UTA111
OKC146
Q1 OKC +15; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +35
Final · OT
LAL128
DAL134
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +6; OT1 DAL +6
Final
LAC138
SAC109
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +28; Q4 LAC +29
Final
HOU117
GSW116
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +1
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 5, 2025: 5 games. Top scorer: Desmond Bane (MEM @ DET), 38 points.
The lead · ORL @ NOP

Orlando rallies from 8 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 8 at the half, Orlando outscored the Pelicans 60–48 the rest of the way. Final: 112–108. Desmond Bane led Orlando with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-8-7+4ORL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL29232931112
NOP28322820108
Who led
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 17, 17, 23, 17, 21, 14, 27, 27ORL27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 39, 36, 30, 9, 19, 11, 10, 23ORL23 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 19, 18, 17, 19, 18, 15, 20, 32NOP32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jeremiah FearsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 7, 21, 13, 10, 12, 21, 28, 19NOP19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 69 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · HOU @ GSW

Houston holds off Golden State, 117–116

Houston led 92–82 after three and held on to win by one. Kevin Durant led Houston with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over GSW1ORL over NOP4BKN over WAS6DAL over LAL6CLE over IND9PHX over CHI10BOS over TOR14CHA over MIN14MIL over MEM16LAC over SAC29OKC over UTA35Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over GSW.
Top performances

Cooper Flagg leads the day with 45

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: 21, 17, 18, 32, 26, 24, 12, 19, 51, 45DAL vs LAL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Apr 1, 2006: 44 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
45 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 27, 42, 28, 6, 34, 10, 25, 38CLE vs IND · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 20, 22, 20, 19, 14, 15, 18, 35CHA @ MIN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Brice SensabaughPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 41, 24, 13, 26, 18, 28, 20, 34UTA @ OKC · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Rayan RupertPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 20, 14, 13, 3, 0, 14, 4, 33MEM @ MIL · L
4.8 PPG season to date · +28.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Larry Hughes WAS, Nov 28, 2004: 33 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Career high33 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 19, 18, 17, 19, 18, 15, 20, 32NOP vs ORL · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 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
Brice SensabaughUTA+10.7 25.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
Daniss JenkinsDET+9.6 19.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Will RileyWAS+8.7 18.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+7.8 16.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
Gui SantosGSW+7.6 16.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Nikola VucevicBOS−6.6 8.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jordan PooleNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Franz WagnerORL−4.9 15.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Alexandre SarrWAS−4.9 11.4 last 10 · 16.3 season