FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 11, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NOP by 9 at halftime and won 121–116.

Final
ATL94
CLE109
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MIL98
ORL107
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +9
Final
WAS120
BKN111
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +9
Final
CHA114
BOS100
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +22; Q3 CHA +22; Q4 CHA +14
Final
HOU129
MIN105
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +24
Final
CHI121
NOP116
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
LAL79
OKC112
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +28; Q4 OKC +33
Final
DAL101
UTA92
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +9
Final
SAC105
PHX101
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +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 11, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (MIN @ GSW), 37 points.
The lead · CHI @ NOP

Chicago fights back from 9 down against New Orleans

Final: 121–116, after trailing by 9 at the half. Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-2-9+1+5CHI AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI27263632121
NOP29332628116
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 14, 21, 28, 25, 5, 25, 21, 23CHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 28, 28, 6, 19, 20, 4, 13, 20CHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James Ennis IIIPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 13, 11, 14, 11, 13, 6, 18, 29NOP29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Toney DouglasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 12, 20, 2, 7, 19, 20, 23, 21NOP21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHA @ BOS

Charlotte gets past Boston

114–100, with Charlotte ahead 63–41 at halftime. Jeremy Lin led Charlotte with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over PHX4CHI over NOP5ORL over MIL9WAS over BKN9DAL over UTA9CHA over BOS14CLE over ATL15HOU over MIN24OKC over LAL33Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg6.8Last 3

6.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 35

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 13, 31, 10, 20, 15, 26, 11, 35CLE vs ATL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 30, 27, 24, 29, 31, 17, 33, 34CLE vs ATL · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 20, 31, 34, 31, 33, 26, 31, 34OKC vs LAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 34, 27, 24, 41, 26, 30, 40, 34HOU @ MIN · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
James Ennis IIIPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 13, 11, 14, 11, 13, 6, 18, 29NOP vs CHI · L
6.2 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 11, 21, 22, 22, 12, 24, 22, 26UTA vs DAL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Mirza TeletovicPHX+7.8 19.9 last 10 · 12.1 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.2 21.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
J.J. BareaDAL+7.1 18.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Toney DouglasNOP+6.6 15.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 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−4.5 9.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.3 20.8 last 10 · 25.1 season