FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 20, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CHA by 6 at halftime and won 109–97.

Final · Box score
Magic96
Hawks112
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +16
Final · Box score
Nets134
Pelicans129
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -2; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +5
Final · Box score
Hornets97
Knicks109
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Box score
Clippers113
Blazers112
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +1
Final · Box score
Wolves134
Kings120
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 Wolves 0; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +14
The lead · Hornets-Knicks

New York makes it seven straight

Karl-Anthony Towns goes for 26 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-6+9+12NYK AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets3333161597
Knicks30303118109
Who led
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 29, 20, 19, 7, 6, 24, 18, 24NYK24 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 11, 19, 11, 14, 11, 15, 23, 17NYK17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 8, 13, 3, 12, 18, 8, 23, 26CHA26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 22, 17, 20, 18, 22, 27, 34, 21CHA21 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Clippers-Blazers

Clippers hold off Portland, 113–112

Clippers led 86–82 after three and held on to win by one. Paul George led Clippers with 33 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over POR1BKN over NOP5NYK over CHA12MIN over SAC14ATL over ORL16Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over POR.
Lead changes
Wolves-Kings21
Clippers-Blazers19
Hornets-Knicks8
Nets-Pelicans7
The night in charts
Nets-Pelicans combined for 263, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-PelicansNets 134, Pelicans 129
263
Wolves-KingsWolves 134, Kings 120
254
Clippers-BlazersClippers 113, Blazers 112
225
Magic-HawksMagic 96, Hawks 112
208
Hornets-KnicksHornets 97, Knicks 109
206
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-BlazersClippers 113, Blazers 112
+1 LAC
Nets-PelicansNets 134, Pelicans 129
+5 BKN
Hornets-KnicksHornets 97, Knicks 109
+12 NYK
Wolves-KingsWolves 134, Kings 120
+14 MIN
Magic-HawksMagic 96, Hawks 112
+16 ATL
NYK rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hornets-KnicksNYK won · Hornets 97, Knicks 109
6 pts
Wolves-KingsMIN won · Wolves 134, Kings 120
4 pts
Clippers-BlazersLAC won · Clippers 113, Blazers 112
4 pts
Nets-PelicansBKN won · Nets 134, Pelicans 129
3 pts
Russell shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RussellMIN · 28 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB
77% (10-13)
ZionNOP · 33 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
74% (14-19)
MetuSAC · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
67% (8-12)
D-RoseNYK · 17 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB
67% (8-12)
KyrieBKN · 32 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
63% (12-19)
Final · Clippers-Blazers
Clippers 113Blazers 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers30263027113
Blazers31292230112
The story
Marcus Morris had 16 points as LA beat Portland 113-112

Norman Powell led Portland with 23 PTS, 3 AST 16 PTS, 6 REB · 6-14 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Clippers took the third 30-22.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −1−4+4+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Pelicans
Nets 134Pelicans 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets26313641134
Pelicans29303337129
The story
Brooklyn beat New Orleans 134-129 behind 32 points and 8 assists from Kyrie Irving

Naji Marshall paced New Orleans: 15 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB 32 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB · 12-19 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

A 41-37 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

BKN lead by quarter
200 −3−2+1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Zion Williamson topped the game at 46.4 FPTS: 33 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST

Final · Wolves-Kings
Wolves 134Kings 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves39352535134
Kings43312917120
The story
Anthony Edwards' 28 points carried Minnesota past Sacramento, 134-120

For Sacramento, Delon Wright had 14 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 28 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 11-21 FG, 5-12 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves trailed by 4 going into the fourth, then won it 35-17.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −40−4+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 46 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 48 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 33

Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 16, 36, 33, 32, 36, 37, 23, 33Clippers-Blazers · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 16, 37, 38, 30, 25, 21, 34, 33Pelicans-Nets · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 24, 40, 24, 18, 37, 12, 20, 32Nets-Pelicans · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 19, 26, 17, 16, 29, 22, 28Blazers-Clippers · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 17, 26, 27, 15, 15, 11, 11, 28Wolves-Kings · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 27, 24, 15, 27, 24, 12, 23, 28Wolves-Kings · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stephen CurryGSW+9.4 40.8 last 10 · 31.4 season
Miles BridgesCHA+8.3 19.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+6.7 21.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+6.6 18.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellLAL−6.3 7.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Damian LillardPOR−6.1 22.6 last 10 · 28.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−5.8 8.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Andre DrummondLAL−5.4 10.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season