FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 3, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHX by 7 after the first quarter and won 101–86.

Final
NOP106
BKN87
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP +11; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +19
Final
CHA103
CLE112
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +9
Final
OKC110
HOU118
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +8
Final
WAS109
LAC114
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +5
Final
DAL88
MIN78
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +10
Final
MEM107
ORL119
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +12
Final
UTA101
PHX86
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +15
Final
CHI102
MIL98
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +4
Final
IND92
NYK87
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +5
Final
POR111
GSW136
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +25
Final
BOS107
LAL100
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +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 3, 2015: 10 games. Top scorer: Nikola Vucevic (ORL @ MIN), 37 points.
The lead · UTA @ PHX

Phoenix's skid reaches six

Utah won 101–86; the Suns fall to 20–57. Gordon Hayward led Utah with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+13+10+15UTA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA16302827101
PHX2310312286
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 9, 18, 22, 6, 18, 11, 21, 22, 22UTA22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 10, 7, 11, 15, 30, 20, 17, 18UTA18 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 2, 5, 10, 17, 12, 17, 19, 24, 24PHX24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 14, 4, 12, 2, 2, 13, 11, 21PHX21 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Second story · POR @ GSW

Golden State routs Portland by 25

Golden State led by 7 at halftime and won 136–111. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 39 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over MIL4LAC over WAS5IND over NYK5BOS over LAL7HOU over OKC8CLE over CHA9DAL over MIN10ORL over MEM12UTA over PHX15NOP over BKN19GSW over POR25Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over POR.
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
10.7Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 70 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 75 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 13 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: 33, 29, 25, 24, 26, 32, 34, 27, 24, 41HOU vs OKC · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Dec 13, 2021: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 19, 33, 33, 20, 26, 31, 29, 39GSW vs POR · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 26, 27, 18, 16, 13, 14, 18, 38POR @ GSW · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 12, 21, 24, 11, 8, 10, 18, 34MIL vs CHI · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 14, 20, 17, 28, 17, 5, 2, 34LAL vs BOS · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 26, 33, 23, 20, 31, 34, 31, 33OKC @ HOU · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 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
J.J. BareaDAL+7.6 18.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.0 18.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.3 19.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.7 21.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Cold
Dwight HowardHOU−5.8 8.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.7 16.5 last 10 · 21.2 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−4.4 8.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Zaza PachuliaDAL−4.3 4.5 last 10 · 8.8 season