FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 12, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed OKC by 11 after the first quarter and won 102–98.

Final · Box score
Knicks90
Pacers102
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +12
Final · Box score
Heat99
Pistons93
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 Heat 0; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
Sixers98
Raptors122
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +24
Final · OT · Box score
Thunder98
Spurs102
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 Spurs 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final · Box score
Grizzlies84
Clippers110
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +26
On this day · 2014–15Apr 12, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (Thunder-Pacers), 54 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Spurs

San Antonio needs overtime to survive OKC

Kawhi Leonard goes for 26 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-10+20+4SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Thunder32211921598
Spurs212231199102
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 32, 16, 33, 18, 23, 20, 26SAS26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 5, 14, 4, 8, 11, 10, 4, 20SAS20 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 14, 11, 16, 18, 33, 11, 2, 17OKC17 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Cameron PaynePoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 0, 0, 2, 6, 10, 0, 4, 17OKC17 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Knicks-Pacers

Indiana takes care of New York

A 12-point win, 102–90. Paul George led Indiana with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over OKC4MIA over DET6IND over NYK12TOR over PHI24LAC over MEM26Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NYK.
Lead changes
Heat-Pistons16
Thunder-Spurs9
Knicks-Pacers8
Sixers-Raptors6
Grizzlies-Clippers0
The night in charts
Sixers-Raptors combined for 220, 20 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-RaptorsSixers 98, Raptors 122
220
Thunder-SpursThunder 98, Spurs 102
200
Grizzlies-ClippersGrizzlies 84, Clippers 110
194
Knicks-PacersKnicks 90, Pacers 102
192
Heat-PistonsHeat 99, Pistons 93
192
SAS won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Thunder-SpursThunder 98, Spurs 102
+4 SAS
Heat-PistonsHeat 99, Pistons 93
+6 MIA
Knicks-PacersKnicks 90, Pacers 102
+12 IND
Sixers-RaptorsSixers 98, Raptors 122
+24 TOR
Grizzlies-ClippersGrizzlies 84, Clippers 110
+26 LAC
SAS erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-SpursSAS won · Thunder 98, Spurs 102
11 pts
Knicks-PacersIND won · Knicks 90, Pacers 102
7 pts
Sixers-RaptorsTOR won · Sixers 98, Raptors 122
6 pts
Ish Smith shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Ish SmithPHI · 18 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
Derrick WilliamsNYK · 21 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
RossTOR · 17 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
Joe JohnsonMIA · 25 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
George HillIND · 19 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Thunder-Spurs
Thunder 98Spurs 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Thunder32211921598
Spurs212231199102
The story
Tony Parker had 20 points as San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 102-98 in OT

Steven Adams led Oklahoma City with 17 PTS, 9 REB 20 PTS, 3 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB · 8-14 FG

The swing

Down 10 after the second, the Spurs took the third 31-19.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −11−10+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Heat-Pistons
Heat 99Pistons 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat1931212899
Pistons1733192493
The story
Joe Johnson's 25 points carried Miami past Detroit, 99-93

For Detroit, Andre Drummond had 18 REB, 9 PTS 25 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB · 10-15 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 28-24, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +20+2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Raptors
Sixers 98Raptors 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2338132498
Raptors32233235122
The story
Toronto beat Philadelphia 122-98 behind 18 points from Norman Powell

Robert Covington paced Philadelphia: 24 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 6-10 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 32-13 third quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
300 +9−6+13+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Nerlens Noel topped the game at 41.5 FPTS: 14 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 75 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 26

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 32, 16, 33, 18, 23, 20, 26Spurs-Thunder · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 10, 14, 13, 11, 17, 13, 7, 25Heat-Pistons · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 16, 18, 6, 9, 12, 30, 19, 24Sixers-Raptors · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Derrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 4, 15, 16, 12, 17, 11, 8, 21Knicks-Pacers · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 5, 14, 4, 8, 11, 10, 4, 20Spurs-Thunder · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 20, 27, 20, 20, 29, 14, 15, 19Pacers-Knicks · W
23.1 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mirza TeletovicPHX+7.8 19.9 last 10 · 12.1 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.2 21.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
J.J. BareaDAL+7.1 18.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Toney DouglasNOP+6.6 15.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Blake GriffinLAC−7.2 14.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Kyle LowryTOR−5.2 16.0 last 10 · 21.2 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−5.1 7.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Dwight HowardHOU−4.5 9.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season