FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 14, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 1 after the first quarter and won 91–86.

Final
CHI93
MIA105
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +12
Final
IND80
NYK90
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +10
Final
CLE77
PHI91
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +14
Final
BKN87
TOR93
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +6
Final
POR109
DEN118
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +9
Final
DAL107
NOH89
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +18
Final
SAC100
HOU121
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +21
Final
SAS86
LAL91
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +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 · 2011–12Apr 14, 2012: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ MIN), 43 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAL

Lakers keep rolling, beat San Antonio

That is four in a row. Final: 91–86. Dwight Howard led Lakers with 26 points, 17 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-100+5LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2320182586
LAL2221183091
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 24, 24, 9, 25, 19, 20, 28, 26LAL26 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 15, 11, 6, 8, 7, 8, 14, 23LAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 34, 17, 5, 24, 31, 17, 18, 23SAS23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 12, 3, 20, 6, 4, 10, 12, 16SAS16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Houston by 21.

LAL over SAS5TOR over BKN6DEN over POR9NYK over IND10MIA over CHI12PHI over CLE14DAL over NOH18HOU over SAC21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.5Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 3.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 76 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 36

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 15, 15, 25, 25, 12, 20, 19, 36TOR vs BKN · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 16, 17, 17, 11, 15, 38, 10, 30POR @ DEN · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 21, 24, 30, 32, 11, 29, 33, 30BKN @ TOR · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 22, 7, 21, 33, 14, 33, 30, 29HOU vs SAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 10, 9, 10, 8, 18, 12, 18, 28DEN vs POR · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 24, 24, 9, 25, 19, 20, 28, 26LAL vs SAS · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 0 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
Tobias HarrisORL+10.3 20.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jeff GreenBOS+7.5 20.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Roy HibbertIND+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.4 35.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Nate RobinsonCHI+6.2 19.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
O.J. MayoDAL−6.4 9.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Alan AndersonTOR−4.9 5.8 last 10 · 10.7 season