FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 7, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 98–94.

Final
ATL114
CLE100
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +14
Final
MIA94
TOR96
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +2
Final
DET114
HOU109
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -12; Q4 DET +5
Final
NYK88
MEM101
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +13
Final
SAS102
DAL89
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -11; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +13
Final
NOP106
DEN122
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +16
Final
MIN113
UTA120
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +7
Final
OKC99
PHX120
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +23; Q4 PHX +21
Final
SAC94
LAL98
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +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 · 2015–16Apr 7, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs PHX), 30 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAL

Lakers climb back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 13 after one. Lakers won it 98–94. Julius Randle led Lakers with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-1-1+4LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3114252494
LAL1826252998
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 23, 4, 6, 12, 14, 18, 11, 25LAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 11, 18, 21, 11, 18, 13, 8, 14LAL14 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Skal LabissierePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 10, 2, 3, 9, 13, 6, 11, 19SAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 15, 14, 2, 13, 22, 16, 17SAC17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DET @ HOU

Detroit fights back late to top Houston

Houston led 87–75 after three. Detroit won the fourth 39–22 and the game 114–109. Boban Marjanovic led Detroit with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs HOU
Boban Marjanovic · DETJames Harden · HOUPTS2733REB129AST212Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 58 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 75 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gordon Hayward 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.
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 38, 19, 13, 20, 19, 16, 30, 39UTA vs MIN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 42, 40, 18, 36, 28, 40, 17, 27, 12, 38TOR vs MIA · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 28, 70, 23, 33, 31, 27, 21, 37PHX vs OKC · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 41, 40, 39, 38, 22, 24, 30, 17, 31, 33HOU vs DET · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 16, 37, 32, 26, 34, 21, 24, 32MIN @ UTA · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 22, 29, 22, 36, 28, 20, 19, 31MEM vs NYK · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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+7.0 29.1 last 10 · 22.1 season
Ricky RubioMIN+6.8 18.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Nikola MiroticCHI+6.4 17.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Paul GeorgeIND+5.9 29.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Buddy HieldSAC+5.8 16.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.7 6.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Andre DrummondDET−4.7 9.2 last 10 · 13.9 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−4.6 8.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Marc GasolMEM−4.2 15.5 last 10 · 19.7 season