FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 16, 2014Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed TOR by 13 at halftime and won 95–92.

Final · OT
CHI86
CHA91
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +5
Final
IND101
ORL86
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +15
Final
WAS118
BOS102
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +16
Final
BKN85
CLE114
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +29
Final · OT
DAL105
MEM106
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +1
Final
PHI100
MIA87
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +13
Final
ATL111
MIL103
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +8
Final · 2OT
UTA136
MIN130
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA 0; OT2 UTA +6
Final
HOU100
NOP105
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +5
Final
TOR92
NYK95
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -13; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +3
Final
DET111
OKC112
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 OKC +1
Final
LAL113
SAS100
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +13
Final
GSW116
DEN112
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +4
Final
LAC104
POR110
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +6
Final
PHX104
SAC99
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +5
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 16, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ ATL), 30 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

JR Smith scores 30, New York holds off Toronto

Final: 95–92. JR Smith added 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-130+3NYK AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2829171892
NYK2123302195
Who led
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 13, 24, 32, 32, 15, 17, 14, 30NYK30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 5, 15, 10, 17, 5, 0, 4, 20, 16, 18NYK18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 9, 16, 11, 29, 25, 28, 24, 22TOR22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 15, 10, 26, 8, 6, 14, 25, 13TOR13 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 80 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.4Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.4 in 72 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 15 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 29.

MEM over DAL1OKC over DET1NYK over TOR3GSW over DEN4CHA over CHI5NOP over HOU5PHX over SAC5UTA over MIN6POR over LAC6ATL over MIL8PHI over MIA13LAL over SAS13IND over ORL15WAS over BOS16CLE over BKN29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 42

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: 31, 28, 28, 38, 23, 27, 27, 38, 25, 42OKC vs DET · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Crawford CHI, Dec 27, 2003: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 16, 11, 10, 10, 6, 2, 3, 41GSW @ DEN · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +30.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 23, 2003: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 18, 17, 21, 12, 21, 2, 14, 36MIN vs UTA · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 9, 13, 31, 14, 22, 10, 9, 34LAC @ POR · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 5, 6, 24, 4, 14, 12, 17, 32UTA @ MIN · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 9, 21, 11, 30, 20, 26, 11, 32DEN vs GSW · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 11 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+7.4 13.9 last 10 · 6.5 season
JR SmithNYK+6.8 21.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+6.6 20.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Timofey MozgovDEN+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Randy FoyeDEN+6.1 19.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.4 5.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Arron AfflaloORL−5.5 12.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Tony ParkerSAS−5.5 11.2 last 10 · 16.7 season
John WallWAS−4.8 14.5 last 10 · 19.3 season
Glen DavisLAC−4.7 4.7 last 10 · 9.4 season