FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 3, 2017Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed POR by 8 at halftime and won 110–109.

Final · Box score
Blazers109
Wolves110
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +1
On this day · 2015–16Apr 3, 2016: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Thunder), 41 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Wolves

Karl-Anthony Towns scores 34, Minnesota rallies past Portland

Al-Farouq Aminu goes for 20 points

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-8+3+1MIN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers23342626109
Wolves29203724110
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 33, 25, 25, 16, 37, 32, 26, 34MIN34 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 25, 22, 36, 20, 17, 27, 32, 29MIN29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 49, 31, 30, 21, 22, 19, 31, 31, 25POR25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Al-Farouq AminuPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 2, 10, 8, 9, 15, 15, 12, 20POR20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Final · Blazers-Wolves
Blazers 109Wolves 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers23342626109
Wolves29203724110
The story
Andrew Wiggins had 29 points as Minnesota beat Portland 110-109

Maurice Harkless led Portland with 17 PTS, 7 REB 29 PTS, 4 REB · 11-25 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the second, the Timberwolves took the third 37-26.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +6−8+3+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 69 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 19.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 34

Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 33, 25, 25, 16, 37, 32, 26, 34Wolves-Blazers · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 25, 22, 36, 20, 17, 27, 32, 29Wolves-Blazers · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 49, 31, 30, 21, 22, 19, 31, 31, 25Blazers-Wolves · L
26.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Al-Farouq AminuPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 2, 10, 8, 9, 15, 15, 12, 20Blazers-Wolves · L
8.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 21, 20, 32, 13, 39, 12, 29, 17Blazers-Wolves · L
23.2 PPG season to date · −6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Maurice HarklessPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 6, 6, 4, 8, 4, 17, 13, 17Blazers-Wolves · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ricky RubioMIN+6.4 17.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.0 28.0 last 10 · 22.0 season
Paul GeorgeIND+5.9 29.1 last 10 · 23.2 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Marquese ChrissPHX+5.6 14.7 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.4 8.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 17.2 last 10 · 22.5 season
Andre DrummondDET−5.3 8.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Lead changes
Blazers-Wolves12