FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 4, 2015Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by BOS (vs TOR) and ORL (vs MIL) and DET (vs MIA).

Final
PHI91
CHA92
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +1
Final
BKN99
ATL131
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +37; Q4 ATL +32
Final
MIA98
DET99
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET +1
Final · OT
BOS117
TOR116
Q1 BOS -9; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +1
Final
WAS92
MEM83
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +9
Final
GSW123
DAL110
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +13
Final
ORL97
MIL90
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +7
Final
LAC107
DEN92
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +15
Final
UTA85
PHX87
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +2
Final
NOP90
POR99
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +9
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 · 2013–14Apr 4, 2014: 14 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs OKC), 39 points.
The lead · BOS @ TOR

Boston outlasts Toronto in overtime

104–104 at the end of regulation. Boston took the last extra period 13–12. Final: 117–116. Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. DeMar DeRozan scored 38 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-90+110+1BOS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS1532342313117
TOR2423233412116
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 25, 4, 18, 19, 10, 8, 23, 25BOS25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Tyler ZellerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 18, 10, 2, 16, 8, 19, 8, 20BOS20 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 23, 22, 20, 6, 42, 17, 27, 38TOR38 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 13, 19, 18, 18, 13, 18, 23, 27TOR27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
5.9Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg9.6Last 3

9.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Atlanta by 32.

CHA over PHI1DET over MIA1BOS over TOR1PHX over UTA2ORL over MIL7WAS over MEM9POR over NOP9GSW over DAL13LAC over DEN15ATL over BKN32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 38

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 23, 22, 20, 6, 42, 17, 27, 38TOR vs BOS · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 17, 28, 26, 31, 12, 9, 22, 29DET vs MIA · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 13, 19, 18, 18, 13, 18, 23, 27TOR vs BOS · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 26, 20, 17, 19, 27, 14, 25, 25LAC @ DEN · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 25, 4, 18, 19, 10, 8, 23, 25BOS @ TOR · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 29, 11, 9, 21, 28, 17, 6, 24CHA vs PHI · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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
Brook LopezBKN+8.7 25.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN+7.2 16.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Reggie JacksonDET+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.1 17.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Donald SloanIND−7.2 0.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mason PlumleeBKN−4.7 4.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jeff TeagueATL−4.1 12.0 last 10 · 16.1 season