FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 16, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
TOR113
ATL96
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +21; Q4 TOR +17
Final
POR77
LAC93
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +16
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 16, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ UTA), 40 points.
The lead · POR @ LAC

Portland's skid reaches twelve

Clippers won 93–77; the Trail Blazers fall to 33–48. Caron Butler led Clippers with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+17+25+16LAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2413202077
LAC2826281193
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 5, 10, 15, 14, 10, 2, 0, 22LAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 12, 17, 9, 24, 19, 20, 12, 16LAC16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 4, 2, 9, 22, 9, 18, 17, 17POR17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Joel FreelandPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 7, 0, 5, 0, 13POR13 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · TOR @ ATL

Toronto never trails at a break against Atlanta

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–96. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 30 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · TOR vs ATL
DeMar DeRozan · TORKyle Korver · ATLPTS3013REB11AST01Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.7Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 3.7 in 71 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 73 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 30

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: 21, 15, 15, 25, 25, 12, 20, 19, 36, 30TOR @ ATL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 34, 6, 26, 4, 19, 23, 26, 22TOR @ ATL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 5, 10, 15, 14, 10, 2, 0, 22LAC vs POR · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 4, 2, 9, 22, 9, 18, 17, 17POR @ LAC · L
3.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 12, 17, 9, 24, 19, 20, 12, 16LAC vs POR · W
18.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 14, 18, 17, 24, 12, 12, 8, 13TOR @ ATL · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
13 PTS · 8 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+10.1 20.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jeff GreenBOS+7.5 20.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.6 14.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Roy HibbertIND+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.4 35.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−7.1 8.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Alan AndersonTOR−5.6 5.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season