FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 10, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by TOR (vs NYK) and GSW (vs SAS).

Final
CHA98
WAS113
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +15
Final
LAL110
HOU130
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +20
Final
DAL91
LAC98
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +7
Final
UTA100
DEN84
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +16
Final · OT
MIL109
PHI108
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +1
Final
BKN105
IND129
Q1 IND +20; Q2 IND +28; Q3 IND +32; Q4 IND +24
Final
ORL96
MIA118
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +22
Final
GSW92
SAS86
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +6
Final
TOR93
NYK89
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +4
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 10, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Danilo Gallinari (DEN vs DAL), 47 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

Toronto handles New York by 4

The Raptors won the second quarter 34–26. Final: 93–89. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 27 points, 3 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+3+6+4TOR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2034211893
NYK2526182089
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 18, 23, 19, 26, 27, 26, 16, 27TOR27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 15, 11, 14, 17, 22, 21, 16, 15TOR15 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 26, 28, 22, 31, 13, 15, 20, 21NYK21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jerian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 2, 0, 6, 14, 6, 14, 16, 19NYK19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.7Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg9.6Last 3

9.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · GSW @ SAS

Golden State makes it three straight

Golden State beat San Antonio 92–86 and moved to 72–9. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · GSW
Wvs DAL128–120Wvs PHI117–105Wvs WAS102–94W@ UTA103–96Lvs BOS106–109Wvs POR136–111Lvs MIN117–124Wvs SAS112–101W@ MEM100–99W@ SAS92–86GSW: last 10 games through Apr 10, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 40

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: 24, 26, 32, 34, 27, 24, 41, 26, 30, 40HOU vs LAL · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury MIN, Feb 17, 1999: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 26, 31, 29, 39, 21, 27, 17, 37GSW @ SAS · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 13, 27, 9, 10, 13, 26, 18, 36MIL @ PHI · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 17, 5, 2, 34, 6, 17, 14, 35LAL @ HOU · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 0, 6, 8, 8, 12, 0, 5, 28IND vs BKN · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 18, 23, 19, 26, 27, 26, 16, 27TOR @ NYK · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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+7.9 21.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
J.J. BareaDAL+7.4 18.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Mirza TeletovicPHX+6.4 18.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Toney DouglasNOP+6.0 14.3 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Blake GriffinLAC−5.3 16.4 last 10 · 21.7 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−5.2 7.6 last 10 · 12.8 season
Dwight HowardHOU−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Ersan IlyasovaORL−4.7 5.6 last 10 · 10.2 season