FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 8, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CHI by 8 after the first quarter and won 105–103.

Final
TOR92
CHA74
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +18
Final
BOS113
DET103
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +10
Final
CHI103
ORL105
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +2
Final
WAS119
PHI90
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +29
Final
ATL114
BKN111
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +3
Final
IND102
NYK86
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +28; Q4 IND +16
Final
NOP74
MEM110
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +26; Q4 MEM +36
Final
CLE104
MIL99
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +5
Final
HOU98
SAS110
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +12
Final
LAL101
DEN119
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +18
Final
SAC91
UTA103
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +12
Final
PHX104
DAL107
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +3
Final
MIN91
POR116
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +25
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 8, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ LAL), 33 points.
The lead · CHI @ ORL

Orlando fights back from 8 down against Chicago

Final: 105–103, after trailing by 8 after one. Victor Oladipo led Orlando with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-7-8+2ORL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI29302816103
ORL21312726105
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 22, 21, 16, 16, 24, 8, 15, 23ORL23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 22, 20, 16, 20, 16, 37, 20, 22ORL22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 10, 19, 23, 18, 25, 18, 16, 19CHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 27, 27, 18, 19, 14, 26, 12, 15CHI15 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 63 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
36.22013–14 avg15.3Last 2

15.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.2 in 2013–14 (80 games). Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 69 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat New Orleans by 36.

ORL over CHI2ATL over BKN3DAL over PHX3CLE over MIL5BOS over DET10SAS over HOU12UTA over SAC12IND over NYK16TOR over CHA18DEN over LAL18POR over MIN25WAS over PHI29MEM over NOP36Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Isaiah Thomas leads the day with 34

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.
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 4, 18, 19, 10, 8, 23, 25, 34BOS @ DET · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 4, 13, 8, 4, 21, 8, 8, 30MIL vs CLE · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 6, 4, 12, 13, 7, 24, 15, 30PHX @ DAL · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 11, 9, 5, 14, 19, 10, 10, 29DEN vs LAL · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 27, 31, 20, 17, 25, 22, 26, 29MIN @ POR · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 13, 20, 24, 26, 17, 23, 27, 27CLE @ MIL · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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+8.4 25.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN+8.3 17.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+8.2 19.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Reggie JacksonDET+7.3 21.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+7.3 19.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.8 1.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Donald SloanIND−6.3 1.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mason PlumleeBKN−4.8 4.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
D.J. AugustinOKC−4.1 5.7 last 10 · 9.8 season