FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 11, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed DAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 109–91.

Final
CHA76
ATL103
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +23; Q4 ATL +27
Final
OKC100
MIN98
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +2
Final
DEN109
DAL91
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +18
Final
NOP96
LAL108
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +12
Final
PHX104
SAC129
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +25
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 11, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs ATL), 35 points.
The lead · DEN @ DAL

Denver handles Dallas by 18

The Nuggets won the second quarter 34–18. Final: 109–91. Gary Harris led Denver with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+13+8+18DEN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN23342626109
DAL2618311691
Who led
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 19, 20, 9, 23, 17, 20, 2, 20DEN20 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Mason PlumleePoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 0, 4, 6, 13, 4, 8, 6, 16DEN16 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 8, 23, 13, 17, 9, 8, 11, 21DAL21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 10, 8, 13, 17, 9, 14, 8, 13DAL13 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg22.5Last 3

22.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 75 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.6Season avg31.9Today

32 minutes today, against 4.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · OKC @ MIN

OKC wins a tight one over Minnesota

100–98. Neither team led by more than 17 at any break. Victor Oladipo led OKC with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over MIN2LAL over NOP12DEN over DAL18SAC over PHX25ATL over CHA27Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over MIN.
Top performances

Buddy Hield leads the day with 30

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.
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 14, 2, 13, 22, 16, 17, 12, 30SAC vs PHX · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Tyler UlisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 16, 15, 16, 11, 34, 20, 12, 20, 27PHX @ SAC · L
7.3 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 37, 32, 26, 34, 21, 24, 32, 40, 26MIN vs OKC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 8, 7, 20, 10, 11, 21, 20, 22SAC vs PHX · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Derrick Rose CHI, Jan 17, 2011: 22 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Ties season high22 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Marquese ChrissPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 7, 20, 19, 9, 8, 4, 9, 22PHX @ SAC · L
9.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 8, 23, 13, 17, 9, 8, 11, 21DAL vs DEN · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 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 30.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
Nikola MiroticCHI+7.1 17.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Paul GeorgeIND+6.4 30.0 last 10 · 23.6 season
Buddy HieldSAC+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Rudy GobertUTA+5.8 19.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Andre DrummondDET−6.1 7.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−4.8 8.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−4.6 8.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Bojan BogdanovicWAS−4.4 9.4 last 10 · 13.8 season