FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 7, 2019Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed WAS by 10 after three quarters and won 113–110.

Final · OT
MIA109
TOR117
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +8
Final
SAS112
CLE90
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +22
Final
OKC132
MIN126
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +6
Final
CHA104
DET91
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +13
Final
BKN108
IND96
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +13; Q4 BKN +12
Final · OT
DAL129
MEM127
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -5; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Final
PHX113
HOU149
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +30; Q3 HOU +40; Q4 HOU +36
Final
ATL107
MIL115
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +8
Final
ORL116
BOS108
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +8
Final
WAS110
NYK113
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK +3
Final
LAC104
GSW131
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +31; Q4 GSW +27
Final
DEN108
POR115
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +7
Final
NOP133
SAC129
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +4
Final
UTA109
LAL113
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +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 · 2017–18Apr 7, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (GSW vs NOP), 41 points.
The lead · WAS @ NYK

Mario Hezonja scores 30, New York holds off Washington

Final: 113–110. Mario Hezonja added 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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+6-4-10+3NYK AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS23333321110
NYK29232734113
Who led
Mario HezonjaPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 8, 23, 7, 6, 8, 29, 16, 30NYK30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Luke KornetPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 0, 0, 3, 17, 24, 6, 6, 17NYK17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 5, 10, 5, 25, 4, 5, 14, 19WAS19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Thomas BryantPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 17, 7, 18, 11, 20, 20, 19, 17WAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Rockets rout

Four of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Phoenix by 36.

DAL over MEM2NYK over WAS3NOP over SAC4LAL over UTA4OKC over MIN6POR over DEN7TOR over MIA8MIL over ATL8ORL over BOS8BKN over IND12CHA over DET13SAS over CLE22GSW over LAC27HOU over PHX36Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 62 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.3Season avg25.3Last 3

25.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.3 in 80 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 35

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 33, 24, 15, 21, 17, 28, 13, 35MIN vs OKC · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Alex LenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 12, 14, 13, 23, 21, 11, 9, 33ATL @ MIL · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 29, 7, 25, 19, 23, 7, 25, 32LAL vs UTA · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 15, 38, 24, 9, 47, 32, 29, 31CHA @ DET · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Ian ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 17, 0, 12, 6, 11, 17, 24, 31NOP @ SAC · W
6.5 PPG season to date · +25.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 57, 61, 28, 23, 38, 50, 36, 31, 26, 30HOU vs PHX · W
36.1 PPG season to date · −6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 9 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+7.8 19.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.6 34.2 last 10 · 26.6 season
Dion WaitersMIA+6.7 19.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+6.7 27.8 last 10 · 21.1 season
Delon WrightMEM+5.8 14.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.1 last 10 · 25.9 season
Kevin DurantGSW−7.8 18.3 last 10 · 26.1 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.5 1.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Klay ThompsonGSW−6.2 15.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Marc GasolTOR−5.1 8.5 last 10 · 13.6 season