FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 5, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
HOU115
OKC112
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +3
Final
CHI94
CLE99
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +5
Final
MIA89
IND112
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +23
Final
GSW92
SAS107
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +15
Final
PHI91
NYK101
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +10
Final
UTA101
SAC95
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +6
Final
LAC106
LAL78
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +29; Q4 LAC +28
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 5, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs CHA), 44 points.
The lead · HOU @ OKC

James Harden scores 41 as Houston wins in Oklahoma City

Final: 115–112. James Harden made 12 of 22 shots from the field. Russell Westbrook scored 40 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+8+6+3HOU AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU27282832115
OKC17303035112
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 50, 16, 44, 25, 33, 24, 31, 51, 24, 41HOU41 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 14, 7, 5, 4, 18, 11, 8, 22HOU22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 12, 27, 16, 37, 33, 31, 18, 40OKC40 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 12, 12, 6, 12, 11, 32, 13, 22OKC22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Clippers by 28.

HOU over OKC3CLE over CHI5UTA over SAC6NYK over PHI10SAS over GSW15IND over MIA23LAC over LAL28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 67 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 41

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 50, 16, 44, 25, 33, 24, 31, 51, 24, 41HOU @ OKC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Clyde Drexler HOU, Dec 2, 1995: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 12, 27, 16, 37, 33, 31, 18, 40OKC vs HOU · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jimmy Butler MIA, Oct 4, 2020: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
40 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 12, 13, 20, 24, 26, 17, 23, 27CLE vs CHI · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 12, 21, 13, 40, 15, 7, 24, 27MIA @ IND · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 20, 20, 33, 24, 39, 24, 24, 26SAC vs UTA · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 19, 14, 12, 25, 22, 10, 20, 26SAS vs GSW · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Zach LaVineMIN+7.2 16.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Reggie JacksonDET+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
James HardenHOU+6.2 33.9 last 10 · 27.7 season
Enes KanterOKC+6.1 21.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Donald SloanIND−6.8 1.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−4.9 5.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mason PlumleeBKN−4.7 4.3 last 10 · 9.0 season