FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 5, 2019Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NOP by 11 at halftime and won 133–126.

Final
TOR111
CHA113
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA -8; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +2
Final
ATL113
ORL149
Q1 ORL +24; Q2 ORL +33; Q3 ORL +33; Q4 ORL +36
Final
SAS129
WAS112
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +17
Final
NYK96
HOU120
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +29; Q3 HOU +39; Q4 HOU +24
Final
BOS117
IND97
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +20
Final
MIA109
MIN111
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +2
Final
DET110
OKC123
Q1 OKC -4; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +13
Final
MEM122
DAL112
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +10
Final
SAC98
UTA119
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +26; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +21
Final · OT
NOP126
PHX133
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -11; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +7
Final
POR110
DEN119
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +9
Final
CLE114
GSW120
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +6
Final
LAL122
LAC117
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +5
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 · 2017–18Apr 5, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs WAS), 33 points.
The lead · NOP @ PHX

Josh Jackson scores 35, Phoenix rallies past New Orleans

Phoenix trailed by 11 at the half and won 133–126.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-11-30+7PHX AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOP383823189126
PHX3134312116133
Who led
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 13, 19, 18, 3, 10, 19, 12, 35PHX35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 4, 0, 5, 8, 12, 8, 19, 28PHX28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 45, 21, 30, 6, 15, 24, 34, 17, 34, 31NOP31 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Ian ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 10, 17, 0, 12, 6, 11, 17, 24NOP24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg7.6Last 3

7.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 64 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Atlanta by 36, the widest margin of 13 games.

CHA over TOR2MIN over MIA2LAL over LAC5GSW over CLE6PHX over NOP7DEN over POR9MEM over DAL10OKC over DET13SAS over WAS17BOS over IND20UTA over SAC21HOU over NYK24ORL over ATL36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 45

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 15, 25, 17, 27, 24, 29, 20, 45DET @ OKC · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Feb 2, 1997: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
45 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 15, 26, 28, 37, 25, 17, 7, 40GSW vs CLE · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Feb 18, 2010: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 13, 19, 18, 3, 10, 19, 12, 35PHX vs NOP · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Alex CarusoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 6, 4, 13, 7, 23, 15, 9, 32LAL @ LAC · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 45, 21, 30, 6, 15, 24, 34, 17, 34, 31NOP @ PHX · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 19, 28, 30, 31, 25, 27, 19, 30OKC vs DET · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 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
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL+8.4 19.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.6 34.2 last 10 · 26.6 season
Collin SextonCLE+5.9 22.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Dion WaitersMIA+5.8 18.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.6 26.7 last 10 · 21.1 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.1 last 10 · 25.9 season
Kevin DurantGSW−7.8 18.4 last 10 · 26.2 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.5 1.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−5.1 11.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Marc GasolTOR−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.7 season