FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 8, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed MIA by 3 after three quarters and won 88–87.

Final
DET102
ATL95
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +7
Final
BKN88
MIA87
Q1 BKN +12; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN -3; Q4 BKN +1
Final
SAS91
MIN110
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +20; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +19
Final
DAL95
UTA83
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +12
Final
OKC107
SAC92
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +15
Final
HOU145
LAL130
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +15
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · BKN @ MIA

Brooklyn takes over late to edge Miami

Down 3 after three, Brooklyn won the fourth 26–22. Final: 88–87. Joe Johnson led Brooklyn with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+1-3+1BKN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN2618182688
MIA1429222287
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 18, 14, 19, 32, 16, 10, 12, 19BKN19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 20, 3, 10, 5, 8, 15, 9, 16BKN16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 38, 17, 13, 32, 17, 34, 38, 29MIA29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 8, 15, 14, 18, 15, 24, 14, 12MIA12 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Minnesota by 19.

BKN over MIA1DET over ATL7DAL over UTA12OKC over SAC15HOU over LAL15MIN over SAS19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.0Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 55 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 31, 26, 32, 26, 26, 39, 32, 33HOU @ LAL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 14, 18, 20, 2, 0, 16, 14, 33HOU @ LAL · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 17, 11, 11, 40, 17, 14, 18, 32LAL vs HOU · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 10, 19, 22, 4, 21, 25, 17, 30LAL vs HOU · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 38, 17, 13, 32, 17, 34, 38, 29MIA vs BKN · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 6, 8, 17, 4, 16, 13, 26, 29DET @ ATL · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 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
Jordan HillLAL+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Aaron BrooksDEN+6.2 15.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
JR SmithNYK+6.0 20.2 last 10 · 14.2 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