FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 9, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 7 after three quarters and won 105–97.

Final
DET100
CLE122
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +32; Q3 CLE +28; Q4 CLE +22
Final
BKN111
ORL115
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +4
Final
PHI114
TOR125
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +11
Final · OT
CHA94
WAS88
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +6
Final
BOS97
ATL105
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL -7; Q4 ATL +8
Final
MIA102
MEM107
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +5
Final
IND104
MIL102
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +2
Final
CHI102
MIN87
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +15
Final
PHX94
NOP88
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +6
Final
HOU116
DEN123
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +7
Final
SAC99
POR100
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +1
Final
OKC107
LAC101
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +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 9, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs WAS), 36 points.
The lead · BOS @ ATL

Atlanta handles Boston by 8

The Hawks won the fourth quarter 35–20. Final: 105–97. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 19 points, 0 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0+9+5-7+8ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2328262097
ATL32241435105
Who led
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 17, 0, 22, 19, 12, 21, 20, 25, 15, 19ATL19 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 10, 16, 11, 12, 8, 11, 12, 17ATL17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 11, 23, 28, 16, 11, 8, 1, 24BOS24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 9, 12, 9, 11, 17, 13, 11, 19BOS19 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Second story · CHI @ MIN

Chicago extends win streak to 6

102–87 over Minnesota. Record: 46–32. D.J. Augustin led Chicago with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
L@ IND79–91Wvs PHI91–81Wvs IND89–77Lvs POR74–91W@ BOS107–102Wvs BOS94–80W@ ATL105–92Wvs MIL102–90W@ WAS96–78W@ MIN102–87CHI: last 10 games through Apr 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 71 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg14.5Last 3

14.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 56 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 38, 17, 13, 32, 17, 34, 38, 29, 37MIA @ MEM · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 14, 19, 32, 16, 10, 12, 19, 31BKN @ ORL · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 11, 8, 20, 13, 9, 21, 11, 30DEN vs HOU · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 17, 15, 23, 18, 19, 27, 33, 30OKC @ LAC · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 4, 17, 35, 20, 19, 28, 24, 30SAC @ POR · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 27, 21, 18, 7, 23, 25, 23, 30LAC vs OKC · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 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
Jordan HillLAL+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.1 18.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
JR SmithNYK+6.0 20.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Dion WaitersCLE+5.6 21.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.2 18.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.5 5.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Glen DavisLAC−5.7 3.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tony AllenMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin LoveMIN−4.8 21.0 last 10 · 25.8 season
Channing FryePHX−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season