FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 14, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed WAS by 8 at halftime and won 99–95.

Final · Box score
Raptors93
Celtics95
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +2
Final · 2OT · Box score
Wizards95
Pacers99
Q1 Pacers 0; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND -3; Q4 Pacers 0; OT1 Pacers 0; OT2 IND +4
Final · Box score
Clippers112
Suns101
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +26; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +11
On this day · 2013–14Apr 14, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Tyreke Evans (Pelicans-Thunder), 41 points.
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The lead · Wizards-Pacers

Indiana needs two overtimes to survive Washington

George Hill goes for 24 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final00-8-300+4IND AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Wizards1625182241095
Pacers1617232541499
Who led
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 0, 12, 12, 17, 13, 24, 30, 25IND25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 28, 21, 4, 3, 20, 13, 19, 24IND24 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 15, 20, 18, 20, 21, 24, 17, 19WAS19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 6, 23, 19, 6, 18, 21, 15, 19WAS19 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Raptors-Celtics

Boston edges Toronto by two

Toronto won the fourth 23–22, but Boston held on, 95–93. Evan Turner led Boston with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over TOR2IND over WAS4LAC over PHX11Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over TOR.
Lead changes
Raptors-Celtics11
Wizards-Pacers9
Clippers-Suns0
Shot of the night

Crowder's jumper at the buzzer breaks the tie, 95-93 final

The night in charts
Clippers-Suns combined for 213, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-SunsClippers 112, Suns 101
213
Wizards-PacersWizards 95, Pacers 99
194
Raptors-CelticsRaptors 93, Celtics 95
188
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Raptors-CelticsRaptors 93, Celtics 95
+2 BOS
Wizards-PacersWizards 95, Pacers 99
+4 IND
Clippers-SunsClippers 112, Suns 101
+11 LAC
IND rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wizards-PacersIND won · Wizards 95, Pacers 99
8 pts
Raptors-CelticsBOS won · Raptors 93, Celtics 95
7 pts
Gortat shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GortatWAS · 19 PTS, 10 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
TuckerPHX · 17 PTS, 9 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
Gerald GreenPHX · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
BlakeLAC · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
57% (8-14)
GoodwinPHX · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
55% (6-11)
Final · Raptors-Celtics
Raptors 93Celtics 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2627172393
Celtics1927272295
The story
Evan Turner's 14 points and 9 assists carried Boston past Toronto, 95-93

For Toronto, Kyle Lowry had 16 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 14 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 7-14 FG

The swing

The Celtics trailed by 7 going into the third, then won it 27-17.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −7−7+3+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Pacers
Wizards 95Pacers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Wizards1625182241095
Pacers1617232541499
The story
David West had 15 points as Indiana beat Washington 99-95 in OT

Bradley Beal led Washington with 19 PTS, 9 REB 15 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 6-11 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the second, the Pacers took the third 23-18.

IND lead by quarter
200 0−8−300+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Clippers-Suns
Clippers 112Suns 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers32372221112
Suns26172731101
The story
Los Angeles beat Phoenix 112-101 behind 22 points from Chris Paul

Markieff Morris paced Phoenix: 14 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST 22 PTS, 6 AST, 1 REB · 8-17 FG, 6-11 3PT

The swing

A 37-17 second quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
300 +6+26+21+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 68 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 51 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

CJ Miles leads the day with 25

CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 0, 12, 12, 17, 13, 24, 30, 25Pacers-Wizards · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 28, 21, 4, 3, 20, 13, 19, 24Pacers-Wizards · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 27, 41, 23, 7, 19, 15, 17, 22Clippers-Suns · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 40, 24, 12, 18, 27, 18, 22, 20Clippers-Suns · W
21.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 15, 20, 18, 20, 21, 24, 17, 19Wizards-Pacers · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 6, 23, 19, 6, 18, 21, 15, 19Wizards-Pacers · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Zach LaVineMIN+9.9 19.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Omri CasspiSAC+8.7 17.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+8.1 20.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+8.0 19.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+6.3 23.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.8 1.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Paul PierceWAS−6.3 5.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Donald SloanIND−5.8 1.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Ryan AndersonNOP−5.4 8.4 last 10 · 13.8 season