FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 8, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 9 at halftime and won 112–106.

Final
ATL112
BOS106
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL +6
Final
IND123
CHA117
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +6
Final
DAL97
PHI109
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +12
Final
DET117
MEM130
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +13
Final
UTA112
LAL97
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +15
Final
ORL101
TOR112
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +11
Final
GSW117
PHX100
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +17
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 8, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs UTA), 59 points.
The lead · ATL @ BOS

Taurean Prince scores 33, Atlanta rallies past Boston

Atlanta trailed by 9 at the half and won 112–106.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-9-6+6ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL24252736112
BOS31272424106
Who led
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 28, 21, 12, 5, 5, 20, 23, 33ATL33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Damion LeePoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 4, 8, 20, 4, 16, 15, 11, 14ATL14 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 13, 12, 23, 16, 24, 20, 8, 19BOS19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 4, 8, 8, 6, 9, 17, 19, 17BOS17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 61 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 73 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg44.5Today

45 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · IND @ CHA

Indiana leads Charlotte wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 123–117. Best quarter: the second, 39–32. Domantas Sabonis led Indiana with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over BOS6IND over CHA6TOR over ORL11PHI over DAL12MEM over DET13UTA over LAL15GSW over PHX17Final margin, points. Pink = IND over CHA.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 34

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 25, 21, 25, 23, 20, 16, 18, 34GSW @ PHX · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 28, 21, 12, 5, 5, 20, 23, 33ATL @ BOS · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 3, 7, 8, 2, 14, 13, 8, 30IND @ CHA · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 35, 21, 22, 22, 21, 26, 19, 28UTA @ LAL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 23, 24, 24, 30, 25, 21, 5, 27IND @ CHA · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
MarShon BrooksPoints, last 5 games: 21, 24, 25, 23, 25MEM vs DET · W
23.6 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Nikola JokicDEN+6.7 25.0 last 10 · 18.3 season
Quinn CookGSW+6.4 15.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tyler UlisPHX+6.4 14.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Anthony TolliverDET+6.3 15.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Myles TurnerIND−4.5 8.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Courtney LeeNYK−3.9 8.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.8 18.9 last 10 · 22.7 season