FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 9, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BOS by 3 after the first quarter and won 112–106.

Final
MIA114
TOR128
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +14
Final
CHI119
WAS108
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +11
Final
IND123
BKN94
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +26; Q3 IND +26; Q4 IND +29
Final
BOS106
NYK112
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +6
Final
PHI102
HOU113
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +11
Final
LAL119
GSW103
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +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 · 2024–25Apr 9, 2025: 10 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (LAL @ DAL), 45 points.
The lead · BOS @ NYK

New York makes it four straight

New York beat Boston 112–106 and moved to 52–28. Josh Hart led New York with 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+1-2+6NYK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS29243023106
NYK26282731112
Who led
Josh HartPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 10, 16, 15, 13, 5, 7, 2, 26NYK26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 23, 32, 26, 32, 12, 17, 30, 25NYK25 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 19, 26, 32, 25, 23, 23, 23, 24BOS24 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 36, 28, 16, 14, 16, 17, 12, 23BOS23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · CHI @ WAS

Chicago never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 119–108. Tre Jones led Chicago with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over BOS6CHI over WAS11HOU over PHI11TOR over MIA14LAL over GSW16IND over BKN29Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 71 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 68 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Ingram leads the day with 38

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.
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 6, 18, 13, 22, 17, 15, 23, 38TOR vs MIA · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Tre JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 21, 19, 23, 15, 13, 29, 20, 31CHI @ WAS · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 25, 20, 27, 19, 25, 31, 24, 29HOU vs PHI · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 22, 26, 20, 18, 19, 18, 15, 27CHI @ WAS · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 12, 23, 14, 21, 14, 13, 30, 26LAL @ GSW · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Leonard MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 15, 5, 21, 11, 14, 17, 13, 26CHI @ WAS · W
7.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 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+9.3 24.4 last 10 · 15.1 season
Daniss JenkinsDET+9.1 18.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+8.9 17.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Will RileyWAS+8.7 19.0 last 10 · 10.3 season
Gui SantosGSW+7.6 16.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Nikola VucevicBOS−6.9 8.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Franz WagnerORL−5.6 14.8 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Norman PowellMIA−5.5 16.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
Cade CunninghamDET−5.5 18.9 last 10 · 24.4 season