FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 11, 2018Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 7 after three quarters and won 116–109.

Final
BKN97
BOS110
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +13
Final
DET119
CHI87
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +32
Final
NYK110
CLE98
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +12
Final · OT
TOR109
MIA116
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +7
Final · OT
DEN106
MIN112
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +6
Final
SAS98
NOP122
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP +18; Q3 NOP +18; Q4 NOP +24
Final
MEM123
OKC137
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +14
Final
WAS92
ORL101
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +9
Final
MIL95
PHI130
Q1 PHI +28; Q2 PHI +36; Q3 PHI +30; Q4 PHI +35
Final
LAL115
LAC100
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +15
Final
UTA93
POR102
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +9
Final
HOU83
SAC96
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +13
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 11, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: Buddy Hield (SAC vs PHX), 30 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

Wayne Ellington scores 32, Miami wins in overtime

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Final: 116–109.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2-6-70+7MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
TOR292425274109
MIA2720243411116
Who led
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 6, 8, 0, 9, 11, 10, 3, 32MIA32 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 19, 11, 16, 8, 19, 11, 5, 11MIA11 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 11, 11, 5, 13, 9, 11, 11, 28TOR28 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 11, 15, 32, 19, 16, 12, 16, 19TOR19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg15.6Last 3

15.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 73 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg37.5Today

37 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Philadelphia posts the night's biggest win

Philadelphia beat Milwaukee by 35, the widest margin of 12 games.

MIN over DEN6MIA over TOR7ORL over WAS9POR over UTA9NYK over CLE12BOS over BKN13SAC over HOU13OKC over MEM14LAL over LAC15NOP over SAS24DET over CHI32PHI over MIL35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 40

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: 24, 12, 16, 26, 13, 27, 20, 24, 27, 40OKC vs MEM · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antawn Jamison GSW, Mar 8, 2003: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 24, 41, 17, 27, 29, 33, 25, 36POR vs UTA · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 18, 10, 28, 8, 16, 22, 15, 36MEM @ OKC · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 29, 23, 35, 30, 16, 23, 15, 35DEN @ MIN · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 6, 8, 0, 9, 11, 10, 3, 32MIA vs TOR · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 38, 18, 15, 24, 10, 18, 15, 31MIN vs DEN · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 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+9.5 22.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Anthony TolliverDET+8.3 17.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Josh HartLAL+7.7 15.6 last 10 · 7.9 season
Tyler UlisPHX+7.5 15.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.0 24.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
Cold
Myles TurnerIND−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.8 18.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Bradley BealWAS−4.3 18.3 last 10 · 22.6 season