FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 13, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed OKC by 9 after the first quarter and won 106–96.

Final · Box score
Nets127
Wolves97
Q1 BKN +8; Q2 BKN +21; Q3 BKN +30; Q4 BKN +30
Final · Box score
Clippers126
Pacers115
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +11
Final · Box score
Hawks108
Raptors103
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +5
Final · Box score
Lakers101
Hornets93
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +8
Final · Box score
Thunder96
Jazz106
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +10
Final · Box score
Heat86
Suns106
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +20
Final · Box score
Celtics116
Blazers115
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +1
The lead · Thunder-Jazz

Utah rallies from 9 down to beat OKC

Luguentz Dort goes for 42 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+2+19+10UTA AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3122162796
Jazz22333318106
Who led
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 3, 23, 18, 17, 16, 20, 11, 8, 33, 23UTA23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 26, 22, 16, 41, 37, 42, 42, 22UTA22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 14, 14, 8, 23, 14, 10, 15, 42OKC42 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Ty JeromePoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 11, 5, 7, 10, 1, 23, 12, 14OKC14 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Celtics-Blazers

Boston fights back from 8 down against Portland

Final: 116–115, after trailing by 8 after one. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Celtics-Blazers
Jayson Tatum · BOSDamian Lillard · PORPTS3228REB95AST510Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Celtics-Blazers24
Clippers-Pacers10
Lakers-Hornets8
Thunder-Jazz7
Heat-Suns6
Nets-Wolves0
The night in charts
Clippers-Pacers combined for 241, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-PacersClippers 126, Pacers 115
241
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 116, Blazers 115
231
Nets-WolvesNets 127, Wolves 97
224
Hawks-RaptorsHawks 108, Raptors 103
211
Thunder-JazzThunder 96, Jazz 106
202
Lakers-HornetsLakers 101, Hornets 93
194
Heat-SunsHeat 86, Suns 106
192
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 116, Blazers 115
+1 BOS
Hawks-RaptorsHawks 108, Raptors 103
+5 ATL
Lakers-HornetsLakers 101, Hornets 93
+8 LAL
Thunder-JazzThunder 96, Jazz 106
+10 UTA
Clippers-PacersClippers 126, Pacers 115
+11 LAC
Heat-SunsHeat 86, Suns 106
+20 PHX
Nets-WolvesNets 127, Wolves 97
+30 BKN
UTA rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-JazzUTA won · Thunder 96, Jazz 106
9 pts
Celtics-BlazersBOS won · Celtics 116, Blazers 115
8 pts
Heat-SunsPHX won · Heat 86, Suns 106
8 pts
Clippers-PacersLAC won · Clippers 126, Pacers 115
3 pts
Ayton shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
AytonPHX · 19 PTS, 13 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
Marcus MorrisLAC · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST
75% (9-12)
KDBKN · 31 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
73% (11-15)
SiakamTOR · 30 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB, 2 BLK
68% (13-19)
BrogdonIND · 29 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST
67% (12-18)
Final · Celtics-Blazers
Celtics 116Blazers 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics30273524116
Blazers38222728115
The story
Jayson Tatum had 32 points as Boston beat Portland 116-115

Damian Lillard led Portland with 28 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB 32 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST · 10-17 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

Down 3 after the second, the Celtics took the third 35-27.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −8−3+5+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Jazz
Thunder 96Jazz 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3122162796
Jazz22333318106
The story
Rudy Gobert's 14 rebounds and 13 points carried Utah past Oklahoma City, 106-96

For Oklahoma City, Moses Brown had 15 REB, 12 PTS 14 REB, 13 PTS, 7 BLK, 1 AST · 6-7 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 33-16, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −9+2+19+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Wolves
Nets 127Wolves 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets33403123127
Wolves2527222397
The story
Brooklyn beat Minnesota 127-97 behind 31 points from Kevin Durant

Ed Davis paced Minnesota: 10 REB, 2 PTS 31 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 11-15 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 40-27 second quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

BKN lead by quarter
300 +8+21+30+30 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Anthony Edwards topped the game at 45.6 FPTS: 27 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.6Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 26.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Luguentz Dort leads the day with 42

Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 14, 14, 8, 23, 14, 10, 15, 42Thunder-Jazz · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +29.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Michael Redd MIL, Feb 23, 2008: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Season high42 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 24, 24, 17, 16, 36, 33, 32, 36Clippers-Pacers · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 25, 26, 22, 20, 25, 53, 28, 32Celtics-Blazers · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 32, 37, 28, 8, 20, 17, 22, 31Nets-Wolves · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 14, 14, 36, 22, 27, 27, 16, 30Raptors-Hawks · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 12, 16, 22, 26, 7, 11, 29, 29Pacers-Clippers · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+6.9 20.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Chuma OkekeORL+6.6 13.5 last 10 · 6.9 season
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+6.1 13.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Theo MaledonOKC+5.6 15.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−6.1 22.6 last 10 · 28.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−5.5 9.8 last 10 · 15.3 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Ben SimmonsPHI−4.4 10.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.3 10.1 last 10 · 14.4 season