FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 5, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed PHX by 14 after the first quarter and won 111–107.

Final
PHI101
ATL90
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +11
Final
CLE97
BOS91
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +6
Final
MIL83
NYK101
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +18
Final
MIA89
CHA79
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +10
Final
ORL86
CHI87
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +1
Final
OKC97
IND75
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +22
Final
TOR95
MIN93
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +2
Final
NOH83
UTA95
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +12
Final
GSW111
PHX107
Q1 GSW -14; Q2 GSW -9; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +4
Final
DAL117
SAC108
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MEM84
LAL86
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +2
Final
HOU116
POR98
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +18
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 · 2011–12Apr 5, 2012: 4 games. Top scorer: John Wall (WAS @ DET), 28 points.
The lead · GSW @ PHX

Golden State rallies from 14 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 14 after one, Golden State outscored the Suns 88–70 the rest of the way. Final: 111–107. Klay Thompson led Golden State with 25 points, 0 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-14-9+9+4GSW AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW23323224111
PHX37271429107
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 13, 9, 18, 22, 4, 6, 8, 25GSW25 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 20, 10, 11, 23, 20, 13, 23, 22GSW22 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 12, 12, 18, 13, 31, 21, 12, 32PHX32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 4, 11, 6, 2, 14, 10, 13, 25PHX25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 75 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg9.6Last 3

9.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Thunder rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Indiana by 22.

CHI over ORL1TOR over MIN2LAL over MEM2GSW over PHX4CLE over BOS6DAL over SAC9MIA over CHA10PHI over ATL11UTA over NOH12NYK over MIL18HOU over POR18OKC over IND22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 41

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 37, 28, 29, 22, 32, 24, 50, 40, 41NYK vs MIL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antawn Jamison GSW, Apr 6, 2003: 41 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
41 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 32, 25, 24, 20, 36, 30, 25, 34OKC @ IND · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 37, 21, 29, 20, 29, 22, 7, 21, 33HOU @ POR · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 31, 32, 21, 28, 20, 10, 24, 32POR vs HOU · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 12, 12, 18, 13, 31, 21, 12, 32PHX vs GSW · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 25, 32, 35, 37, 15, 14, 19, 30NYK vs MIL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 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
Jonas ValanciunasTOR+7.4 16.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+7.4 20.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.2 15.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
John WallWAS+7.1 24.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jeff GreenBOS+6.9 19.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
O.J. MayoDAL−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Tyson ChandlerNYK−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.7 6.1 last 10 · 10.8 season