FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 2, 2014Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHX by 13 after three quarters and won 112–108.

Final
DET94
IND101
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +7
Final
BKN81
NYK110
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +25; Q3 NYK +21; Q4 NYK +29
Final
CLE119
ORL98
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +21
Final
CHA123
PHI93
Q1 CHA +12; Q2 CHA +25; Q3 CHA +25; Q4 CHA +30
Final
HOU103
TOR107
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +4
Final
BOS92
WAS118
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +27; Q4 WAS +26
Final
CHI105
ATL92
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +13
Final
MIL77
MIA96
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +19
Final
MEM88
MIN102
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +14
Final
GSW90
SAS111
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +21
Final
NOP107
DEN137
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +30
Final
LAC112
PHX108
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -13; Q4 LAC +4
Final
LAL102
SAC107
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +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 · 2012–13Apr 2, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ MIA), 50 points.
The lead · LAC @ PHX

Clippers climb out of a 13-point hole against Phoenix

Down 13 after three, the Clippers won the fourth quarter 34–17 and the game 112–108. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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+5-2-13+4LAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC30301834112
PHX25372917108
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 21, 26, 25, 27, 21, 18, 7, 23LAC23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 14, 11, 15, 11, 11, 11, 28, 23LAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 8, 1, 11, 7, 3, 9, 15, 16PHX16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 18, 20, 18, 19, 25, 32, 17, 15PHX15 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.1Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.1 in 35 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 74 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 25.3 a game in 75 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · HOU @ TOR

Toronto beats Houston, 107–103

Toronto led 90–80 after three and won by 4. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over HOU4LAC over PHX4SAC over LAL5IND over DET7CHI over ATL13MIN over MEM14MIA over MIL19CLE over ORL21SAS over GSW21WAS over BOS26NYK over BKN29CHA over PHI30DEN over NOP30Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over HOU.
Top performances

Kenneth Faried leads the day with 34

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.
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 15, 6, 20, 11, 24, 18, 17, 34DEN vs NOP · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 24, 14, 24, 14, 7, 30, 22, 31SAC vs LAL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 33, 21, 13, 20, 30, 28, 16, 29TOR vs HOU · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 10, 8, 21, 23, 19, 15, 16, 27IND vs DET · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 21, 16, 33, 10, 22, 11, 15, 27NOP @ DEN · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ray McCallumPoints, last 10 games: 1, 7, 7, 4, 2, 10, 13, 16, 22, 27SAC vs LAL · W
5.7 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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
Ramon SessionsMIL+7.1 19.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Dion WaitersCLE+6.1 21.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+5.7 19.9 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.6 18.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−10.4 4.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.5 3.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.9 12.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.8 4.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.7 11.0 last 10 · 15.7 season