FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 16, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Raptors113
Hawks96
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +21; Q4 TOR +17
Final · Box score
Blazers77
Clippers93
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +16
On this day · 2011–12Apr 16, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavs-Jazz), 40 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Clippers

Portland's skid reaches twelve

Amir Johnson goes for 11 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+17+25+16LAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2413202077
Clippers2826281193
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 5, 10, 15, 14, 10, 2, 0, 22LAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 12, 17, 9, 24, 19, 20, 12, 16LAC16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 4, 2, 9, 22, 9, 18, 17, 17POR17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Joel FreelandPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 7, 0, 5, 0, 13POR13 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Raptors-Hawks

Toronto never trails at a break against Atlanta

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–96. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 30 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Raptors-Hawks
DeMar DeRozan · TORKyle Korver · ATLPTS3013REB11AST01Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Raptors-Hawks10
Blazers-Clippers0
The night in charts
Raptors-Hawks combined for 209, 39 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-HawksRaptors 113, Hawks 96
209
Blazers-ClippersBlazers 77, Clippers 93
170
LAC won the closest game by 16
Closest finishes
Blazers-ClippersBlazers 77, Clippers 93
+16 LAC
Raptors-HawksRaptors 113, Hawks 96
+17 TOR
DeRozan shot 11-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DeRozanTOR · 30 PTS, 1 REB
65% (11-17)
ButlerLAC · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
GayTOR · 22 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
BartonPOR · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL
57% (8-14)
FreelandPOR · 13 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL
50% (5-10)
Final · Blazers-Clippers
Blazers 77Clippers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2413202077
Clippers2826281193
The story
Blake Griffin's 16 points carried Los Angeles past Portland, 93-77

For Portland, Joel Freeland had 13 PTS, 6 REB 16 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 6-9 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 26-13, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
300 +4+17+25+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Will Barton was the fantasy play: 34.7 FPTS on 17 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST

Final · Raptors-Hawks
Raptors 113Hawks 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors30382817113
Hawks2724242196
The story
Rudy Gay had 22 points as Toronto beat Atlanta 113-96

Mike Scott led Atlanta with 12 PTS, 12 REB 22 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 9-14 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Raptors won the second 38-24, their biggest quarter edge.

TOR lead by quarter
300 +3+17+21+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.7Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 3.7 in 71 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 73 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 30

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 15, 25, 25, 12, 20, 19, 36, 30Raptors-Hawks · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 34, 6, 26, 4, 19, 23, 26, 22Raptors-Hawks · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 5, 10, 15, 14, 10, 2, 0, 22Clippers-Blazers · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 4, 2, 9, 22, 9, 18, 17, 17Blazers-Clippers · L
3.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 12, 17, 9, 24, 19, 20, 12, 16Clippers-Blazers · W
18.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 14, 18, 17, 24, 12, 12, 8, 13Raptors-Hawks · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
13 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tobias HarrisORL+10.1 20.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jeff GreenBOS+7.5 20.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.6 14.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Roy HibbertIND+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.4 35.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−7.1 8.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Alan AndersonTOR−5.6 5.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season