FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 5, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed BOS by 10 at halftime and won 115–111.

Final
MIN92
ORL100
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +8
Final
CHI96
WAS78
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +26; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +18
Final · OT
CHA96
CLE94
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +2
Final
BOS111
DET115
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET -10; Q4 DET +4
Final
BKN105
PHI101
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +15; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN +4
Final
TOR102
MIL98
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +4
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 5, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs MIL), 41 points.
The lead · BOS @ DET

Detroit fights back from 10 down against Boston

Final: 115–111, after trailing by 10 at the half. Rodney Stuckey led Detroit with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-3-10-10+4DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS32333016111
DET29263030115
Who led
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 19, 6, 8, 17, 4, 16, 13, 26DET26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 18, 14, 12, 20, 28, 17, 6, 21DET21 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 6, 3, 20, 12, 18, 2, 23, 25BOS25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 16, 6, 16, 16, 9, 13, 15, 23BOS23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Chicago by 18.

CHA over CLE2DET over BOS4BKN over PHI4TOR over MIL4ORL over MIN8CHI over WAS18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg27.5Last 3

27.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 67 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 44

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 13, 30, 23, 16, 2, 17, 13, 44CLE vs CHA · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nick Van Exel DEN, Nov 1, 2001: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Career high44 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 16, 7, 15, 5, 17, 15, 10, 26TOR @ MIL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 19, 6, 8, 17, 4, 16, 13, 26DET vs BOS · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 16, 4, 15, 33, 4, 23, 14, 25CHI @ WAS · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 6, 3, 20, 12, 18, 2, 23, 25BOS @ DET · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 28, 20, 35, 20, 19, 25, 29, 24CHA @ CLE · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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
Dion WaitersCLE+6.5 22.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.5 18.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Greivis VasquezTOR+5.0 14.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+4.8 18.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.4 16.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−10.5 3.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.5 3.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Arron AfflaloORL−5.7 12.8 last 10 · 18.5 season
Tony AllenMEM−4.8 4.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season