FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 14, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 1 after the first quarter and won 91–86.

Final · Box score
Bulls93
Heat105
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +12
Final · Box score
Pacers80
Knicks90
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +10
Final · Box score
Cavs77
Sixers91
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +14
Final · Box score
Nets87
Raptors93
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +6
Final · Box score
Blazers109
Nuggets118
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
Mavs107
Hornets89
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +18
Final · Box score
Kings100
Rockets121
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +21
Final · Box score
Spurs86
Lakers91
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 Lakers 0; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 LAL +5
On this day · 2011–12Apr 14, 2012: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Thunder-Wolves), 43 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Lakers

Lakers keep rolling, beat San Antonio

Andre Iguodala goes for 28 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-100+5LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2320182586
Lakers2221183091
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 24, 24, 9, 25, 19, 20, 28, 26LAL26 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 15, 11, 6, 8, 7, 8, 14, 23LAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 34, 17, 5, 24, 31, 17, 18, 23SAS23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 12, 3, 20, 6, 4, 10, 12, 16SAS16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Houston by 21.

LAL over SAS5TOR over BKN6DEN over POR9NYK over IND10MIA over CHI12PHI over CLE14DAL over NOH18HOU over SAC21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Spurs-Lakers8
Kings-Rockets4
Pacers-Knicks3
Blazers-Nuggets3
Mavs-Hornets1
Nets-Raptors0
The night in charts
Blazers-Nuggets combined for 227, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 109, Nuggets 118
227
Kings-RocketsKings 100, Rockets 121
221
Bulls-HeatBulls 93, Heat 105
198
Mavs-HornetsMavs 107, Hornets 89
196
Nets-RaptorsNets 87, Raptors 93
180
Spurs-LakersSpurs 86, Lakers 91
177
Pacers-KnicksPacers 80, Knicks 90
170
Cavs-SixersCavs 77, Sixers 91
168
LAL won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Spurs-LakersSpurs 86, Lakers 91
+5 LAL
Nets-RaptorsNets 87, Raptors 93
+6 TOR
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 109, Nuggets 118
+9 DEN
Pacers-KnicksPacers 80, Knicks 90
+10 NYK
Bulls-HeatBulls 93, Heat 105
+12 MIA
Cavs-SixersCavs 77, Sixers 91
+14 PHI
Mavs-HornetsMavs 107, Hornets 89
+18 DAL
Kings-RocketsKings 100, Rockets 121
+21 HOU
Harden shot 11-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HardenHOU · 29 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
69% (11-16)
CopelandNYK · 20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
FournierDEN · 24 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
67% (8-12)
IguodalaDEN · 28 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB, 3 STL
65% (11-17)
MarionDAL · 21 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Spurs-Lakers
Spurs 86Lakers 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2320182586
Lakers2221183091
The story
Dwight Howard had 26 points and 17 rebounds as Los Angeles beat San Antonio 91-86

Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST 26 PTS, 17 REB, 3 BLK · 9-15 FG

The swing

The Lakers won the fourth 30-25, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −100+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Raptors
Nets 87Raptors 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2012272887
Raptors2427192393
The story
Rudy Gay's 26 points and 10 rebounds carried Toronto past Brooklyn, 93-87

For Brooklyn, Deron Williams had 30 PTS, 7 AST 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 10-19 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 27-12, was where the Raptors built it.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +4+19+11+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Nuggets
Blazers 109Nuggets 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers21292831109
Nuggets37302229118
The story
Denver beat Portland 118-109 behind 24 points from Evan Fournier

JJ Hickson paced Portland: 19 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST 24 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 8-12 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 37-21 first quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +16+17+11+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.5Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 3.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 76 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 36

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 15, 15, 25, 25, 12, 20, 19, 36Raptors-Nets · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 16, 17, 17, 11, 15, 38, 10, 30Blazers-Nuggets · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 21, 24, 30, 32, 11, 29, 33, 30Nets-Raptors · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 22, 7, 21, 33, 14, 33, 30, 29Rockets-Kings · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 10, 9, 10, 8, 18, 12, 18, 28Nuggets-Blazers · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 24, 24, 9, 25, 19, 20, 28, 26Lakers-Spurs · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tobias HarrisORL+10.3 20.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jeff GreenBOS+7.5 20.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Roy HibbertIND+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.4 35.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Nate RobinsonCHI+6.2 19.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
O.J. MayoDAL−6.4 9.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Alan AndersonTOR−4.9 5.8 last 10 · 10.7 season