FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 13, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed GSW by 8 at halftime and won 119–117.

Final
OKC97
IND102
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +5
Final
TOR116
DET107
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +9
Final
ORL88
BKN97
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -3; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +9
Final
CHI89
NYK100
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +11
Final · OT
GSW117
POR119
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
Final
MIN103
SAC106
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +3
Final
MEM102
LAL90
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +12
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 13, 2013: 4 games. Top scorer: Ricky Rubio (MIN vs PHX), 24 points.
The lead · GSW @ POR

Portland needs overtime to survive Golden State

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Portland won the final period 14–12 for a 119–117 win. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Stephen Curry scored 47 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-8+10+2POR AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
GSW1933233012117
POR2321322914119
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 5, 28, 31, 18, 25, 22, 18, 26POR26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 11, 15, 10, 9, 21, 19, 21, 24POR24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 32, 23, 11, 13, 31, 24, 30, 47GSW47 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 27, 15, 21, 33, 21, 16, 25GSW25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 71 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 74 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MIN @ SAC

Sacramento wins a tight one over Minnesota

106–103. Neither team led by more than 5 at any break. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 35 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over GSW2SAC over MIN3IND over OKC5TOR over DET9BKN over ORL9NYK over CHI11MEM over LAL12Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over MIN.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 47

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 32, 23, 11, 13, 31, 24, 30, 47GSW @ POR · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ben Gordon CHI, Mar 4, 2007: 48 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Season high47 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 22, 14, 20, 24, 28, 19, 17, 43MIN @ SAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Jan 10, 2006: 43 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
43 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 43, 29, 31, 28, 28, 38, 23, 27, 27, 38OKC @ IND · L
32.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 35, 20, 19, 28, 24, 30, 32, 35SAC vs MIN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 28, 16, 29, 20, 23, 17, 26, 30TOR @ DET · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 22, 23, 9, 16, 11, 29, 25, 28TOR @ DET · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Ray McCallumSAC+7.5 13.9 last 10 · 6.4 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.8 19.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
JR SmithNYK+6.7 21.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+6.6 20.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Timofey MozgovDEN+6.2 15.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−9.0 5.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Arron AfflaloORL−5.0 13.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
Glen DavisLAC−4.9 4.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.4 12.4 last 10 · 16.8 season