FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 5, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 8 after three quarters and won 119–115.

Final
GSW106
IND126
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +20
Final
WAS115
CLE119
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +4
Final
POR94
HOU96
Q1 HOU +19; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +2
Final
BKN119
MIL111
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN +8
Final
LAC95
UTA117
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +22
Final
MIN96
DEN100
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +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 · 2016–17Apr 5, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ MEM), 45 points.
The lead · WAS @ CLE

LeBron James scores 33 in Cleveland win over Washington

Final: 119–115. LeBron James added 9 rebounds and 14 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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+5-8+4CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS26283625115
CLE39202337119
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 37, 18, 41, 27, 16, 27, 33CLE33 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 15, 5, 5, 18, 3, 4, 12, 21CLE21 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 27, 12, 16, 11, 21, 15, 9, 28WAS28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 24, 14, 7, 15, 22, 15, 27, 19WAS19 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 22.

HOU over POR2CLE over WAS4DEN over MIN4BKN over MIL8IND over GSW20UTA over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 71 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg5.4Last 3

5.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 37, 18, 41, 27, 16, 27, 33CLE vs WAS · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 16, 19, 22, 23, 28, 15, 20, 31MIL vs BKN · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 27, 12, 16, 11, 21, 15, 9, 28WAS @ CLE · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 9, 28, 18, 17, 25, 15, 11, 28IND vs GSW · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 37, 40, 39, 26, 10, 27, 29, 34, 27GSW @ IND · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 18, 11, 21, 18, 22, 13, 8, 27HOU vs POR · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Josh JacksonPHX+9.1 22.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Quinn CookGSW+8.2 17.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.9 30.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.2 24.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Michael BeasleyNYK+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Courtney LeeNYK−4.8 7.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Bradley BealWAS−4.4 18.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Justin HolidayCHI−4.1 8.1 last 10 · 12.2 season