FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 3, 2018Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed SAS by 14 after the first quarter and won 113–110.

Final · Box score
TOR106
CLE112
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +6
Final · Box score
BKN95
PHI121
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +22; Q4 PHI +26
Final · Box score
ATL98
MIA101
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +3
Final · Box score
ORL97
NYK73
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +24
Final · Box score
CHA114
CHI120
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +6
Final · Box score
WAS104
HOU120
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +16
Final · Box score
BOS102
MIL106
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +4
Final · Box score
GSW111
OKC107
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
POR109
DAL115
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
IND104
DEN107
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +3
Final · Box score
LAL110
UTA117
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +7
Final · Box score
SAC94
PHX97
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +3
Final · Box score
SAS110
LAC113
Q1 LAC -14; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -11; Q4 LAC +3
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 3, 2017: 1 game. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN vs POR), 34 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAC

Tobias Harris scores 31, Clippers hold off San Antonio

Final: 113–110. Tobias Harris added 9 rebounds and 3 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 35 for San Antonio in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-14-7-11+3LAC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS31252727110
LAC17322341113
Who led
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 18, 18, 20, 19, 27, 12, 21, 31LAC31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 19, 27, 26, 16, 13, 23, 20, 22LAC22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 39, 33, 27, 45, 34, 13, 25, 23, 35SAS35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 12, 7, 25, 4, 11, 14, 14, 17SAS17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one 76ers rout

Six of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Brooklyn by 26.

MIA over ATL3DEN over IND3PHX over SAC3LAC over SAS3MIL over BOS4GSW over OKC4CLE over TOR6CHI over CHA6DAL over POR6UTA over LAL7HOU over WAS16ORL over NYK24PHI over BKN26Final 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
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 75 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg38.5Today

38 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 44

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 37, 27, 29, 23, 19, 33, 26, 44OKC vs GSW · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Amar'e Stoudemire PHX, Apr 8, 2005: 44 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
44 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 34, 42, 21, 27, 18, 28, 25, 38HOU vs WAS · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 39, 33, 27, 45, 34, 13, 25, 23, 35SAS @ LAC · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 37, 40, 39, 26, 10, 27, 29, 34GSW @ OKC · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 14, 23, 22, 20, 11, 14, 23, 31UTA vs LAL · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 18, 18, 20, 19, 27, 12, 21, 31LAC vs SAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Quinn CookGSW+9.6 18.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Josh JacksonPHX+9.1 22.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.8 25.1 last 10 · 18.3 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.6 29.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Terry RozierBOS+6.5 18.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−5.2 9.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Courtney LeeNYK−4.8 7.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Justin HolidayCHI−4.1 8.1 last 10 · 12.2 season