FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 13, 2016Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIA by 24 at halftime and won 98–88.

Final
TOR103
BKN96
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +7
Final
MIA88
BOS98
Q1 BOS -22; Q2 BOS -24; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +10
Final
ORL103
CHA117
Q1 CHA +16; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +14
Final
PHI105
CHI115
Q1 CHI -16; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +10
Final · OT
DET112
CLE110
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +2
Final
SAS96
DAL91
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -18; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +5
Final
SAC81
HOU116
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +28; Q4 HOU +35
Final
IND97
MIL92
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +5
Final
NOP109
MIN144
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +22; Q3 MIN +27; Q4 MIN +35
Final
ATL98
WAS109
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +11
Final
MEM104
GSW125
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +21
Final
UTA96
LAL101
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -15; Q3 LAL -9; Q4 LAL +5
Final
LAC105
PHX114
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +9
Final
DEN99
POR107
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +8
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 13, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs MEM), 42 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Boston erases 24-point lead, steals one from Miami

Miami led 62–38 at halftime. Boston won the second half 60–26 to take it 98–88. Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-22-24-4+10BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA352752188
BOS1325253598
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 22, 22, 26, 32, 20, 16, 17, 21BOS21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 13, 20, 15, 13, 16, 15, 17, 17BOS17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 6, 20, 14, 16, 13, 18, 14, 19MIA19 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 14, 13, 11, 17, 13, 7, 25, 19MIA19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Sacramento by 35, the widest margin of 14 games.

DET over CLE2SAS over DAL5IND over MIL5LAL over UTA5TOR over BKN7POR over DEN8PHX over LAC9BOS over MIA10CHI over PHI10WAS over ATL11CHA over ORL14GSW over MEM21HOU over SAC35MIN over NOP35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
24.42014–15 avg14.5Last 3

14.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 2014–15 (60 games). Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+40.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg47.1Today

47 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 36 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 60

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 2, 34, 6, 17, 14, 35, 13, 60LAL vs UTA · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +43.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Devin Booker PHX, Mar 25, 2019: 59 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Season high60 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 31, 29, 39, 21, 27, 17, 37, 46GSW vs MEM · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, May 3, 2002: 46 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
46 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 27, 24, 41, 26, 30, 40, 34, 38HOU vs SAC · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jordan McRaePoints, last 10 games: 1, 3, 0, 3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 36CLE vs DET · L
4.5 PPG season to date · +33.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 5, 28, 28, 6, 19, 20, 4, 13, 20, 32CHI vs PHI · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 14, 17, 4, 10, 27, 2, 18, 30TOR @ BKN · W
5.6 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 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+8.2 20.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Toney DouglasNOP+7.5 16.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
J.J. BareaDAL+7.1 18.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Dante CunninghamNOP+6.0 12.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Blake GriffinLAC−7.2 14.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Kyle LowryTOR−5.2 16.0 last 10 · 21.2 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−5.1 7.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.9 20.2 last 10 · 25.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season