FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 8, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 8 after the first quarter and won 112–109.

Final
BKN99
CHA113
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +20; Q4 CHA +14
Final
MIA109
ORL112
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +3
Final
NYK109
PHI102
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +7
Final
MIL109
BOS124
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +15
Final
WAS99
DET112
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +13
Final
IND98
TOR111
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +13
Final
LAL102
NOP110
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +11; Q3 NOP +20; Q4 NOP +8
Final
MEM93
DAL103
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +10
Final
SAS98
DEN102
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +4
Final · OT
LAC102
UTA99
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +3
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 8, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (BOS @ DET), 34 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

Orlando climbs back to beat Miami

Miami led by 8 after one. Orlando won it 112–109. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final0-8-2-1+3ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA27282529109
ORL19342633112
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 18, 24, 15, 24, 22, 25, 15, 29ORL29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 20, 12, 15, 25, 14, 22, 19, 28ORL28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 25, 16, 11, 30, 26, 16, 21, 17MIA17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 4, 22, 11, 18, 15, 22, 16, 15MIA15 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Boston by 15.

ORL over MIA3LAC over UTA3DEN over SAS4NYK over PHI7NOP over LAL8DAL over MEM10DET over WAS13TOR over IND13CHA over BKN14BOS over MIL15Final 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
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 77 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Reggie Jackson leads the day with 39

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.
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 17, 11, 13, 11, 22, 21, 24, 39DET vs WAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 2, 22, 5, 16, 8, 12, 13, 32LAL @ NOP · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 16, 17, 16, 18, 6, 9, 12, 30PHI vs NYK · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 25, 14, 15, 10, 32, 19, 4, 30LAC @ UTA · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 19, 7, 15, 13, 21, 18, 9, 29WAS @ DET · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 18, 24, 15, 24, 22, 25, 15, 29ORL vs MIA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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
Devin BookerPHX+8.1 21.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
J.J. BareaDAL+7.4 18.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Tony AllenMEM+4.8 13.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Mirza TeletovicPHX+4.8 16.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Blake GriffinLAC−5.0 16.8 last 10 · 21.8 season
Dwight HowardHOU−4.9 8.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−4.8 8.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.7 20.3 last 10 · 25.0 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season