FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 20, 2026Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed DEN by 14 after the first quarter and won 119–114.

Final · R1 · G2
TOR105
CLE115
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +10
Final · R1 · G2
ATL107
NYK106
Q1 ATL -9; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL -12; Q4 ATL +1
Final · R1 · G2
MIN119
DEN114
Q1 MIN -14; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +5
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 20, 2025: 4 games. Top scorer: Paolo Banchero (ORL @ BOS), 36 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · MIN @ DEN

Anthony Edwards scores 30, Minnesota rallies past Denver

Minnesota trailed by 14 after one and won 119–114. First round series: Minnesota 1, Denver 1.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-140-3+5MIN AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN25392629119
DEN39252921114
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 14, 36, 42, 19, 17, 8, 22, 22, 30MIN30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 11, 24, 27, 21, 26, 19, 16, 24MIN24 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 53, 31, 20, 37, 15, 20, 26, 30, 30DEN30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 25, 15, 40, 35, 14, 23, 25, 24DEN24 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Second story · ATL @ NYK · R1 · G2

Atlanta evens the series with New York at 1–1

Atlanta won Game 2, 107–106, in the first round. CJ McCollum led Atlanta with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · ATL vs NYK
G1 · @ NYKNYK113–102G2 · @ NYKATL107–106Game by game through Apr 20, winner and final score. Pink = ATL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.7Reg. season avg29.0Last 2 playoff games

29.0 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 18.7 in the regular season (76 games). Today: 32 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Reg. season avg13.0Last 2 playoff games

13.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 27.0 in the regular season (66 games). Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Reg. season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 22.5 a game in the regular season (82 games). Line: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 32

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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 14, 9, 25, 17, 12, 29, 26, 32ATL @ NYK · W
29.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 53, 31, 20, 37, 15, 20, 26, 30, 30DEN vs MIN · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 14, 36, 42, 19, 17, 8, 22, 22, 30MIN @ DEN · W
26.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 6, 34, 10, 25, 38, 31, 32, 30CLE vs TOR · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 32, 12, 17, 30, 25, 29, 28, 29NYK vs ATL · L
28.5 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 13, 17, 19, 28, 21, 20, 22, 28CLE vs TOR · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST