FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 30, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed GSW by 10 after the first quarter and won 89–84.

Final
IND76
CLE90
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +14
Final
UTA96
OKC116
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +19; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +20
Final
MIN99
BKN114
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN +3; Q4 BKN +15
Final
TOR98
ORL93
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +5
Final
CHI107
BOS102
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
NYK89
GSW84
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +5
Final
MEM98
POR105
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +7
Final
PHX99
LAL115
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +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 · 2012–13Mar 30, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs POR), 39 points.
The lead · NYK @ GSW

New York rallies from 10 down to beat Golden State

Trailing by 10 after one, New York outscored the Warriors 67–52 the rest of the way. Final: 89–84. JR Smith led New York with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-10+12+8+5NYK AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2234181589
GSW3212221884
Who led
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 15, 7, 6, 18, 12, 29, 15, 21NYK21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 23, 34, 21, 32, 29, 36, 21, 19NYK19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 13, 27, 37, 23, 31, 20, 33, 32GSW32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 14, 26, 27, 20, 29, 16, 14, 15GSW15 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CHI @ BOS

Boston's skid reaches four

Chicago won 107–102; the Celtics fall to 23–50. D.J. Augustin led Chicago with 33 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Streak strip · BOS
L@ IND83–94Lvs NYK92–116Lvs PHX80–87L@ NOP120–121L@ DAL89–94Wvs MIA101–96L@ BKN98–114Lvs TOR90–99L@ TOR103–105Lvs CHI102–107BOS: last 10 games through Mar 30, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 59 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 72 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

D.J. Augustin leads the day with 33

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.
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 12, 10, 20, 17, 16, 4, 15, 33CHI @ BOS · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 13, 27, 37, 23, 31, 20, 33, 32GSW vs NYK · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 29, 30, 35, 35, 51, 27, 43, 29, 31OKC vs UTA · W
32.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 16, 8, 6, 0, 13, 13, 2, 28LAL vs PHX · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 10, 30, 28, 19, 14, 25, 5, 28POR vs MEM · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 29, 31, 33, 21, 13, 20, 30, 28TOR @ ORL · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 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
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.9 18.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.7 27.0 last 10 · 21.3 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.6 17.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dion WaitersCLE+5.5 20.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+5.3 19.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−9.0 5.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.9 3.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Brandon JenningsDET−5.0 10.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jordan CrawfordGSW−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season