FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 3, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAS by 3 at halftime and won 106–94.

Final · Box score
Spurs94
Thunder106
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +12
Final · Box score
Mavs113
Clippers107
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +6
On this day · 2012–13Apr 3, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (Knicks-Hawks), 40 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Thunder

OKC makes it three straight

Blake Griffin posts a triple-double

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3+9+12OKC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2427202394
Thunder22263226106
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 35, 35, 51, 27, 43, 29, 31, 28OKC28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 24, 29, 17, 15, 23, 18, 19, 27OKC27 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 4, 15, 7, 16, 13, 10, 13, 21SAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 10, 19, 29, 20, 12, 9, 15, 17SAS17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Mavs-Clippers

Dallas never trails at a break against Clippers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–107. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Mavs-Clippers
Dirk Nowitzki · DALBlake Griffin · LACPTS2625REB1110AST111Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Mavs-Clippers7
Spurs-Thunder5
The night in charts
Mavs-Clippers combined for 220, 20 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-ClippersMavs 113, Clippers 107
220
Spurs-ThunderSpurs 94, Thunder 106
200
DAL won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Mavs-ClippersMavs 113, Clippers 107
+6 DAL
Spurs-ThunderSpurs 94, Thunder 106
+12 OKC
Jordan shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JordanLAC · 21 PTS, 15 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
75% (9-12)
MillsSAS · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
CalderonDAL · 19 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
62% (8-13)
DirkDAL · 26 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
56% (10-18)
KawhiSAS · 17 PTS, 3 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB
53% (8-15)
Final · Mavs-Clippers
Mavs 113Clippers 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs32262827113
Clippers26302526107
The story
Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points and 11 rebounds as Dallas beat Los Angeles 113-107

Chris Paul led Los Angeles with 17 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB 26 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST · 10-18 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks won the first 32-26, their biggest quarter edge.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +6+2+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Thunder
Spurs 94Thunder 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2427202394
Thunder22263226106
The story
Russell Westbrook's 27 points carried Oklahoma City past San Antonio, 106-94

For San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 17 PTS, 8 REB 27 PTS, 6 AST, 4 STL, 1 REB · 10-20 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Thunder trailed by 3 going into the third, then won it 32-20.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −2−3+9+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 74 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 28

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 35, 35, 51, 27, 43, 29, 31, 28Thunder-Spurs · W
32.1 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 24, 29, 17, 15, 23, 18, 19, 27Thunder-Spurs · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 27, 21, 10, 32, 21, 19, 33, 26Mavs-Clippers · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 26, 25, 27, 21, 18, 7, 23, 25Clippers-Mavs · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Gary Payton SEA, Apr 2, 2002: 25 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
25 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 11, 15, 11, 11, 11, 28, 23, 22Clippers-Mavs · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
DeAndre JordanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 9, 6, 8, 16, 20, 11, 4, 21Clippers-Mavs · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ramon SessionsMIL+7.1 19.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Dion WaitersCLE+6.1 21.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+5.7 19.9 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.6 18.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−10.4 4.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.5 3.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.9 12.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.8 4.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.7 11.0 last 10 · 15.7 season