FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 12, 2017Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIL by 11 after the first quarter and won 112–94.

Final
MIL94
BOS112
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +18
Final
BKN73
CHI112
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +39
Final
TOR98
CLE83
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +15
Final
MIN118
HOU123
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +5
Final
ATL86
IND104
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +18
Final
DAL100
MEM93
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +7
Final
WAS102
MIA110
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +8
Final
PHI113
NYK114
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -9; Q4 NYK +1
Final
DEN111
OKC105
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +6
Final
DET109
ORL113
Q1 ORL +21; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +4
Final
SAS97
UTA101
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +4
Final
LAL94
GSW109
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +23; Q4 GSW +15
Final
SAC95
LAC115
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +20
Final
NOP103
POR100
Q1 NOP -8; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP -7; Q4 NOP +3
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 12, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (SAS vs OKC), 26 points.
The lead · MIL @ BOS

Boston climbs out of an 11-point hole against Milwaukee

Down 11 after one, the Celtics won the second quarter 32–20 and the game 112–94. Gerald Green led Boston with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+1+2+18BOS AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3620221694
BOS25322332112
Who led
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 5, 15, 0, 6, 0, 2, 0, 18BOS18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 13, 18, 8, 13, 24, 15, 11, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 17, 11, 7, 2, 14, 3, 3, 15MIL15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 7, 4, 5, 0, 10, 2, 8, 15MIL15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Brooklyn by 39, the widest margin of 14 games.

NYK over PHI1NOP over POR3ORL over DET4UTA over SAS4HOU over MIN5DEN over OKC6DAL over MEM7MIA over WAS8TOR over CLE15GSW over LAL15BOS over MIL18IND over ATL18LAC over SAC20CHI over BKN39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 68 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 70 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.9Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 5.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 32

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 37, 22, 28, 43, 35, 23, 37, 27, 32IND vs ATL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 13, 32, 22, 12, 21, 17, 10, 32ORL vs DET · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 26, 19, 21, 12, 23, 23, 7, 29DEN @ OKC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 25, 21, 25, 27, 0, 16, 16, 29GSW vs LAL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 26, 34, 21, 24, 32, 40, 26, 28MIN @ HOU · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 20, 22, 22, 33, 18, 18, 15, 28MIA vs WAS · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 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
Devin BookerPHX+8.1 30.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
Paul GeorgeIND+6.8 30.5 last 10 · 23.7 season
Ish SmithDET+6.6 16.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Aaron GordonORL+6.4 19.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.7 16.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Andre DrummondDET−5.9 7.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−4.8 8.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Dwyane WadeCHI−4.8 13.5 last 10 · 18.3 season
Brandon JenningsWAS−4.4 2.7 last 10 · 7.1 season