FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 9, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAC by 10 after the first quarter and won 125–124.

Final
BOS86
NJN99
Q1 NJN +18; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +13
Final
MIN98
ATL105
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +7
Final
PHI112
WAS106
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +6
Final
MIL81
CLE98
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +17
Final
TOR97
CHI110
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +13
Final
UTA81
DAL88
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +7
Final
SEA105
DEN121
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +16
Final
HOU98
PHX97
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +1
Final · 2OT
SAS125
LAC124
Q1 SAS -10; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS 0; OT2 SAS +1
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2003–04Apr 9, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Jackson (ATL @ CHI), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAC

Manu Ginobili scores 40 as San Antonio beats Clippers

San Antonio won 125–124. Manu Ginobili: 40 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-10-7-100+1SAS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
SAS20263128119125
LAC30232527118124
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 23, 18, 15, 13, 8, 16, 2, 40SAS40 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 22, 11, 28, 17, 17, 11, 11, 27SAS27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 26, 14, 26, 17, 25, 34, 23, 24LAC24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 1, 2, 4, 2, 22, 9, 10, 21LAC21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.7Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
32.02003–04 avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 2003–04 (42 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg43.4Today

43 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MIN @ ATL

Atlanta upsets Minnesota

Atlanta (11–64) beat Minnesota (40–36) 105–98. Tyronn Lue led Atlanta with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over PHX1SAS over LAC1PHI over WAS6ATL over MIN7DAL over UTA7NJN over BOS13CHI over TOR13DEN over SEA16CLE over MIL17Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over MIN.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 45

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 16, 39, 31, 31, 21, 27, 32, 45NJN vs BOS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 28, 36, 31, 22, 43, 19, 14, 44WAS vs PHI · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 44, 22, 26, 35, 37, 24, 20, 37, 40CLE vs MIL · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 23, 18, 15, 13, 8, 16, 2, 40SAS @ LAC · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 0, 26, 44, 26, 21, 13, 44, 27, 34HOU @ PHX · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 15, 40, 23, 25, 14, 22, 9, 23, 44, 32PHX vs HOU · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Caron ButlerLAL+7.2 22.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.8 29.7 last 10 · 23.9 season
JR SmithNOH+5.8 15.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Nenad KrsticNJN+5.7 15.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Josh SmithATL+5.4 14.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−6.4 3.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−6.0 13.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.0 7.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Nazr MohammedSAS−5.6 3.9 last 10 · 9.5 season