FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 30, 2021Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed LAC by 14 at halftime and won 103–96.

Final · Box score
Hornets114
Wizards104
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +10
Final · Box score
Sixers95
Nuggets104
Q1 DEN +22; Q2 DEN +23; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
Magic103
Clippers96
Q1 ORL -13; Q2 ORL -14; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +7
Final · Box score
Hawks110
Suns117
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +7
The lead · Magic-Clippers

Orlando turns it around against Clippers

Russell Westbrook posts a triple-double

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-14-3+7ORL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic13243333103
Clippers2625222396
Who led
Chuma OkekePoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 5, 3, 5, 0, 17, 22, 14, 18ORL18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 17, 13, 5, 10, 18, 28, 31, 15ORL15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 22, 20, 17, 25, 25, 28, 23, 28LAC28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Luke KennardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 15, 8, 20, 6, 5, 3, 21, 17LAC17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Hawks-Suns

Phoenix leads Atlanta wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 117–110. Best quarter: the second, 34–25. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over LAC7PHX over ATL7DEN over PHI9CHA over WAS10Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over ATL.
Lead changes
Magic-Clippers1
Sixers-Nuggets0
The night in charts
Hawks-Suns combined for 227, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Hawks-SunsHawks 110, Suns 117
227
Hornets-WizardsHornets 114, Wizards 104
218
Sixers-NuggetsSixers 95, Nuggets 104
199
Magic-ClippersMagic 103, Clippers 96
199
PHX won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Hawks-SunsHawks 110, Suns 117
+7 PHX
Magic-ClippersMagic 103, Clippers 96
+7 ORL
Sixers-NuggetsSixers 95, Nuggets 104
+9 DEN
Hornets-WizardsHornets 114, Wizards 104
+10 CHA
Robin Lopez shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Robin LopezWAS · 16 PTS, 11 REB
73% (8-11)
ZubacLAC · 14 PTS, 13 REB
70% (7-10)
MPJDEN · 27 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
69% (11-16)
CapelaATL · 16 PTS, 16 REB, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
OkekeORL · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
Final · Magic-Clippers
Magic 103Clippers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic13243333103
Clippers2625222396
The story
Chuma Okeke's 18 points carried Orlando past LA, 103-96

For LA, Reggie Jackson had 15 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 7-11 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Magic trailed by 14 going into the third, then won it 33-22.

ORL lead by quarter
200 −13−14−3+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Michael Carter-Williams was the fantasy play: 44.9 FPTS on 9 AST, 8 PTS, 7 REB

Final · Sixers-Nuggets
Sixers 95Nuggets 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2223262495
Nuggets44242016104
The story
Denver beat Philadelphia 104-95 behind 21 points and 10 rebounds from Nikola Jokic

Tobias Harris paced Philadelphia: 12 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 8-14 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 44-22 first quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
300 +22+23+17+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hornets-Wizards
Hornets 114Wizards 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets32322525114
Wizards29272523104
The story
Gordon Hayward had 26 points and 11 rebounds as Charlotte beat Washington 114-104

Rui Hachimura led Washington with 30 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST · 9-19 FG, 3-3 3PT

The swing

The Hornets won the second 32-27, their biggest quarter edge.

CHA lead by quarter
200 +3+8+8+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.7Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 30

Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 19, 34, 23, 21, 20, 23, 17, 30Nuggets-Sixers · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rui HachimuraPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 17, 12, 20, 11, 21, 14, 26, 30Wizards-Hornets · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 22, 20, 17, 25, 25, 28, 23, 28Clippers-Magic · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 23, 20, 28, 19, 17, 18, 19, 25, 15, 27Nuggets-Sixers · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 21, 20, 8, 24, 25, 26, 22, 27Hornets-Wizards · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 7, 7, 17, 27, 8, 11, 15, 26Hornets-Wizards · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anthony EdwardsMIN+7.2 24.4 last 10 · 17.2 season
Rui HachimuraWAS+5.9 20.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+5.7 30.5 last 10 · 24.8 season
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+5.0 11.3 last 10 · 6.3 season
Montrezl HarrellLAL+5.0 20.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Bradley BealWAS−4.9 26.4 last 10 · 31.3 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−4.7 15.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Trae YoungATL−4.4 21.0 last 10 · 25.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicUTA−4.4 10.1 last 10 · 14.5 season
CJ McCollumPOR−4.2 20.0 last 10 · 24.2 season