FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 6, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NOP by 7 at halftime and won 100–94.

Final
NYK91
MIA102
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +11
Final
LAL97
LAC120
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +22; Q4 LAC +23
Final
ATL107
IND88
Q1 ATL +22; Q2 ATL +32; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +19
Final
DAL93
SAC91
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +2
Final · OT
DEN125
HOU130
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
MEM92
SAS112
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +20
Final
UTA102
GSW130
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +28; Q4 GSW +28
Final
OKC115
PHX122
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +7
Final
NOP94
POR100
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +6
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 6, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: John Wall (WAS vs IND), 37 points.
The lead · NOP @ POR

New Orleans's skid reaches five

Portland won 100–94; the Pelicans fall to 32–45. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 25 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final00-7+8+6POR AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP2530142594
POR25232923100
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 19, 14, 25, 5, 28, 31, 18, 25POR25 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 15, 18, 11, 11, 15, 10, 9, 21POR21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 11, 27, 20, 6, 23, 17, 26, 17NOP17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 40, 34, 30, 24, 16, 0, 22, 6, 8, 15NOP15 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Utah by 28, the widest margin of 9 games.

DAL over SAC2HOU over DEN5POR over NOP6PHX over OKC7MIA over NYK11ATL over IND19SAS over MEM20LAC over LAL23GSW over UTA28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 69 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 76 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 38

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 51, 27, 43, 29, 31, 28, 28, 38OKC @ PHX · L
32.1 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 32, 38, 17, 13, 32, 17, 34, 38MIA vs NYK · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 29, 17, 15, 23, 18, 19, 27, 33OKC @ PHX · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 29, 16, 14, 15, 27, 15, 21, 33GSW vs UTA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 37, 31, 26, 32, 26, 26, 39, 32HOU vs DEN · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 24, 14, 7, 30, 22, 31, 10, 32SAC vs DAL · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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
Aaron BrooksDEN+6.2 15.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
JR SmithNYK+6.0 20.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Jordan HillLAL+5.2 14.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−10.1 4.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.0 3.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Arron AfflaloORL−5.7 12.8 last 10 · 18.5 season
Tony AllenMEM−5.2 3.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season