FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 5, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 8 after three quarters and won 119–115.

Final · Box score
Warriors106
Pacers126
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +20
Final · Box score
Wizards115
Cavs119
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +4
Final · Box score
Blazers94
Rockets96
Q1 HOU +19; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +2
Final · Box score
Nets119
Bucks111
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN +8
Final · Box score
Clippers95
Jazz117
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +22
Final · Box score
Wolves96
Nuggets100
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +4
On this day · 2016–17Apr 5, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (Thunder-Grizzlies), 45 points.
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The lead · Wizards-Cavs

LeBron James scores 33 in Cleveland win over Washington

John Wall goes for 28 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+13+5-8+4CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards26283625115
Cavs39202337119
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 37, 18, 41, 27, 16, 27, 33CLE33 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 15, 5, 5, 18, 3, 4, 12, 21CLE21 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 27, 12, 16, 11, 21, 15, 9, 28WAS28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 24, 14, 7, 15, 22, 15, 27, 19WAS19 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 22.

HOU over POR2CLE over WAS4DEN over MIN4BKN over MIL8IND over GSW20UTA over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Lead changes
Wolves-Nuggets12
Nets-Bucks11
Warriors-Pacers7
Wizards-Cavs6
Clippers-Jazz0
The night in charts
Wizards-Cavs combined for 234, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-CavsWizards 115, Cavs 119
234
Warriors-PacersWarriors 106, Pacers 126
232
Nets-BucksNets 119, Bucks 111
230
Clippers-JazzClippers 95, Jazz 117
212
Wolves-NuggetsWolves 96, Nuggets 100
196
Blazers-RocketsBlazers 94, Rockets 96
190
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-RocketsBlazers 94, Rockets 96
+2 HOU
Wolves-NuggetsWolves 96, Nuggets 100
+4 DEN
Wizards-CavsWizards 115, Cavs 119
+4 CLE
Nets-BucksNets 119, Bucks 111
+8 BKN
Warriors-PacersWarriors 106, Pacers 126
+20 IND
Clippers-JazzClippers 95, Jazz 117
+22 UTA
CLE rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wizards-CavsCLE won · Wizards 115, Cavs 119
8 pts
Wolves-NuggetsDEN won · Wolves 96, Nuggets 100
3 pts
Bogdanovic shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BogdanovicIND · 28 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
85% (11-13)
Jeff GreenCLE · 21 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
MiddletonMIL · 31 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
64% (9-14)
Thaddeus YoungIND · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
HarrellLAC · 17 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Blazers-Rockets
Blazers 94Rockets 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1727272394
Rockets3630181296
The story
Chris Paul had 27 points as Houston beat Portland 96-94

Jusuf Nurkic led Portland with 14 PTS, 11 REB 27 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 11-19 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 36-17, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
300 +19+22+13+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Cavs
Wizards 115Cavs 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards26283625115
Cavs39202337119
The story
Jeff Green's 21 points carried Cleveland past Washington, 119-115

For Washington, Otto Porter Jr. had 18 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST · 8-10 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 39-26, was where the Cavaliers built it.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +13+5−8+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Nuggets
Wolves 96Nuggets 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2430182496
Nuggets27242821100
The story
Denver beat Minnesota 100-96 behind 16 points and 14 rebounds from Nikola Jokic

Karl-Anthony Towns paced Minnesota: 26 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST 16 PTS, 14 REB, 9 AST · 6-20 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

A 28-18 third quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +3−3+7+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 71 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg5.4Last 3

5.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 37, 18, 41, 27, 16, 27, 33Cavs-Wizards · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 16, 19, 22, 23, 28, 15, 20, 31Bucks-Nets · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 27, 12, 16, 11, 21, 15, 9, 28Wizards-Cavs · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 9, 28, 18, 17, 25, 15, 11, 28Pacers-Warriors · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 37, 40, 39, 26, 10, 27, 29, 34, 27Warriors-Pacers · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 18, 11, 21, 18, 22, 13, 8, 27Rockets-Blazers · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Josh JacksonPHX+9.1 22.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Quinn CookGSW+8.2 17.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.9 30.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.2 24.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Michael BeasleyNYK+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Courtney LeeNYK−4.8 7.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Bradley BealWAS−4.4 18.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Justin HolidayCHI−4.1 8.1 last 10 · 12.2 season