FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 15, 2014Regular 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
Knicks109
Nets98
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +11
Final · Box score
Nuggets105
Clippers117
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +12
On this day · 2012–13Apr 15, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (Bucks-Nuggets), 38 points.
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The lead · Knicks-Nets

New York makes it three straight

DeAndre Jordan goes for 16 rebounds

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+12+16+11NYK AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks29262826109
Nets1825243198
Who led
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 6, 5, 15, 10, 17, 5, 0, 4, 20, 16NYK16 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 21, 13, 24, 32, 32, 15, 17, 14NYK14 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 8, 15, 9, 16, 13, 14, 8, 24BKN24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mason PlumleePoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 5, 3, 16, 8, 16, 17, 17, 16BKN16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Lead changes
Knicks-Nets1
Nuggets-Clippers0
The night in charts
Nuggets-Clippers combined for 222, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 105, Clippers 117
222
Knicks-NetsKnicks 109, Nets 98
207
NYK won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Knicks-NetsKnicks 109, Nets 98
+11 NYK
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 105, Clippers 117
+12 LAC
CP3 shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CP3LAC · 21 PTS, 10 AST, 2 STL, 1 REB
80% (8-10)
MozgovDEN · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
FariedDEN · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
BlakeLAC · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
53% (9-17)
BrooksDEN · 19 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
50% (6-12)
Final · Knicks-Nets
Knicks 109Nets 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks29262826109
Nets1825243198
The story
Cole Aldrich's 13 points and 13 rebounds carried New York past Brooklyn, 109-98

For Brooklyn, Marcus Thornton had 24 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 13 REB · 4-6 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 29-18, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +11+12+16+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Mason Plumlee was the fantasy play: 34.8 FPTS on 16 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST

Final · Nuggets-Clippers
Nuggets 105Clippers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets26203425105
Clippers38252529117
The story
Chris Paul had 21 points and 10 assists as Los Angeles beat Denver 117-105

Timofey Mozgov led Denver with 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 10 AST, 1 REB · 8-10 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Clippers won the first 38-26, their biggest quarter edge.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +12+17+8+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 80 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 71 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Nuggets-Clippers

Clippers lead Denver wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 117–105. Best quarter: the first, 38–26. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Clippers-Nuggets
Blake Griffin · LACKenneth Faried · DENPTS2421REB56AST40Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 24

Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 18, 7, 23, 25, 23, 30, 27, 24Clippers-Nuggets · W
24.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 8, 15, 9, 16, 13, 14, 8, 24Nets-Knicks · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 2, 31, 30, 22, 20, 17, 23, 25, 17, 21Clippers-Nuggets · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 17, 34, 17, 16, 23, 18, 24, 21Nuggets-Clippers · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 25, 8, 10, 24, 11, 24, 13, 8, 8, 19Nuggets-Clippers · L
9.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Timofey MozgovPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 23, 15, 13, 15, 22, 23, 11, 18Nuggets-Clippers · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ray McCallumSAC+7.5 13.9 last 10 · 6.4 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+7.5 21.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
JR SmithNYK+6.9 21.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Timofey MozgovDEN+6.7 16.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jordan HillLAL+6.4 15.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−9.0 5.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Arron AfflaloORL−5.4 13.0 last 10 · 18.4 season
Glen DavisLAC−4.9 4.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.7 12.0 last 10 · 16.7 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season