FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 7, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed GSW by 4 after three quarters and won 126–120.

Final
DEN134
LAC115
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +19
Final
MIL115
NYK102
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +13
Final
BKN124
CHI96
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +28
Final
NOP126
GSW120
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP -4; Q4 NOP +6
Final
OKC108
HOU102
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC +6
Final
POR105
SAS116
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +11
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 7, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: Gordon Hayward (UTA vs MIN), 39 points.
The lead · NOP @ GSW

Anthony Davis scores 34 as New Orleans wins in Golden State

Final: 126–120. Anthony Davis made 13 of 24 shots from the field. Kevin Durant scored 41 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+2-4+6NOP AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP40272138126
GSW32332728120
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 33, 25, 36, 16, 25, 28, 33, 34NOP34 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 15, 5, 2, 20, 4, 25, 31, 28NOP28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 39, 26, 10, 27, 29, 34, 27, 41GSW41 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Quinn CookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 17, 11, 30, 10, 19, 12, 12, 21GSW21 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · OKC @ HOU

OKC handles Houston by 6

The Thunder won the first quarter 36–30. Final: 108–102. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over GSW6OKC over HOU6SAS over POR11MIL over NYK13DEN over LAC19BKN over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.7Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 71 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg29.9Today

30 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 41

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 39, 26, 10, 27, 29, 34, 27, 41GSW vs NOP · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Dec 20, 2021: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 33, 25, 36, 16, 25, 28, 33, 34NOP @ GSW · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 20, 26, 24, 41, 17, 27, 29, 33POR @ SAS · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 23, 25, 10, 18, 11, 26, 14, 31DEN @ LAC · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 15, 5, 2, 20, 4, 25, 31, 28NOP @ GSW · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 45, 34, 13, 25, 23, 35, 28, 28SAS vs POR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Josh JacksonPHX+9.5 22.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Quinn CookGSW+7.1 16.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.7 25.0 last 10 · 18.3 season
Marcus MorrisBOS+6.2 19.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Marquese ChrissPHX+6.0 13.7 last 10 · 7.7 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−3.9 8.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.8 18.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Ryan AndersonHOU−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season