FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 15, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NYK109
BKN98
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +11
Final
DEN105
LAC117
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +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 15, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (MIL vs DEN), 38 points.
The lead · NYK @ BKN

New York makes it three straight

New York beat Brooklyn 109–98 and moved to 36–45. Tim Hardaway Jr. led New York with 16 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+12+16+11NYK AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK29262826109
BKN1825243198
Who led
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 6, 5, 15, 10, 17, 5, 0, 4, 20, 16NYK16 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 21, 13, 24, 32, 32, 15, 17, 14NYK14 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 8, 15, 9, 16, 13, 14, 8, 24BKN24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mason PlumleePoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 5, 3, 16, 8, 16, 17, 17, 16BKN16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 80 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 71 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · DEN @ LAC

Clippers lead Denver wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 117–105. Best quarter: the first, 38–26. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs DEN
Blake Griffin · LACKenneth Faried · DENPTS2421REB56AST40Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 24

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 18, 7, 23, 25, 23, 30, 27, 24LAC vs DEN · W
24.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 8, 15, 9, 16, 13, 14, 8, 24BKN vs NYK · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 2, 31, 30, 22, 20, 17, 23, 25, 17, 21LAC vs DEN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 17, 34, 17, 16, 23, 18, 24, 21DEN @ LAC · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 25, 8, 10, 24, 11, 24, 13, 8, 8, 19DEN @ LAC · L
9.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Timofey MozgovPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 23, 15, 13, 15, 22, 23, 11, 18DEN @ LAC · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
Kenneth FariedDEN+7.5 21.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
JR SmithNYK+6.9 21.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Timofey MozgovDEN+6.7 16.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jordan HillLAL+6.4 15.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−9.0 5.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Arron AfflaloORL−5.4 13.0 last 10 · 18.4 season
Glen DavisLAC−4.9 4.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.7 12.0 last 10 · 16.7 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season