FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 1, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed MEM by 8 at halftime and won 99–95.

Final
PHI91
CHA100
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +9
Final
DAL98
DET89
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +9
Final
BKN91
NYK105
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +14
Final · OT
CLE110
ATL108
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +2
Final
TOR99
MEM95
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +4
Final
ORL110
MIL113
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +3
Final
MIN85
UTA98
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +13
Final
MIA112
SAC106
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +6
Final
BOS109
GSW106
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +3
Final
WAS106
PHX99
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +7
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 · 2014–15Apr 1, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs SAC), 51 points.
The lead · TOR @ MEM

Toronto fights back from 8 down against Memphis

Final: 99–95, after trailing by 8 at the half. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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+4-8+2+4TOR AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2718292599
MEM2330192395
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 15, 25, 21, 18, 23, 19, 26, 27TOR27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 28, 32, 18, 15, 11, 14, 17, 22TOR22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 19, 25, 6, 28, 14, 16, 26, 16MEM16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 19, 12, 16, 16, 17, 4, 12, 12MEM12 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
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: New York by 14.

CLE over ATL2MIL over ORL3BOS over GSW3TOR over MEM4MIA over SAC6WAS over PHX7CHA over PHI9DAL over DET9UTA over MIN13NYK over BKN14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 69 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg15.9Last 3

15.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 74 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Marcus Morris leads the day with 31

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.
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 24, 9, 21, 15, 20, 13, 24, 31DET vs DAL · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 0, 7, 8, 0, 13, 3, 2, 30MIA @ SAC · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 18, 26, 33, 26, 30, 27, 24, 29CLE @ ATL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 11, 13, 17, 14, 23, 11, 7, 29ATL vs CLE · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 14, 19, 33, 33, 20, 26, 31, 29GSW vs BOS · L
30.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 16, 9, 14, 21, 14, 18, 26, 29DAL @ DET · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.0 18.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.5 19.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
J.J. BareaDAL+6.1 16.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.4 21.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerCHI−5.9 15.1 last 10 · 21.0 season
Dwight HowardHOU−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−4.9 8.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.9 13.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season