FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 2, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed PHX by 14 at halftime and won 109–102.

Final
PHX102
DET109
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -14; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +7
Final
DEN79
DAL103
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +24
Final
HOU88
LAL104
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +16
Final · OT
GSW104
MIN106
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +2
Final
ATL87
MEM98
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +11
Final
CLE101
CHA97
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +4
Final
MIA78
NJN90
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +12
Final
NYK95
PHI114
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +19
Final · 2OT
NOK120
TOR113
Q1 NOK +6; Q2 NOK +11; Q3 NOK +8; Q4 NOK 0; OT1 NOK 0; OT2 NOK +7
Final
LAC96
SAC106
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +10
Final
POR83
SEA122
Q1 SEA +15; Q2 SEA +32; Q3 SEA +36; Q4 SEA +39
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 · 2004–05Apr 2, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (MIA @ NOH), 34 points.
The lead · PHX @ DET

Chauncey Billups scores 35, Detroit rallies past Phoenix

Detroit trailed by 14 at the half and won 109–102.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-14-3+7DET AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX29342118102
DET22273228109
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 14, 24, 8, 9, 31, 18, 12, 35DET35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 18, 17, 11, 12, 7, 16, 25, 23DET23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 15, 20, 21, 17, 14, 29, 21, 32PHX32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 16, 4, 13, 8, 8, 10, 26, 16PHX16 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 71 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 61 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg44.5Today

45 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 71 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seattle posts the night's biggest win

Seattle beat Portland by 39, the widest margin of 11 games.

MIN over GSW2CLE over CHA4DET over PHX7NOK over TOR7SAC over LAC10MEM over ATL11NJN over MIA12LAL over HOU16PHI over NYK19DAL over DEN24SEA over POR39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 43

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 38, 43, 28, 43, 30, 23, 43, 43LAL vs HOU · W
34.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 23, 28, 21, 22, 20, 23, 26, 43NJN vs MIA · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 47, 36, 27, 29, 37, 36, 36, 46, 47, 35CLE @ CHA · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 14, 24, 8, 9, 31, 18, 12, 35DET vs PHX · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 20, 25, 13, 22, 27, 29, 38, 33HOU @ LAL · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 23, 20, 40, 16, 18, 19, 17, 33GSW @ MIN · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Raymond FeltonCHA+7.6 18.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+6.7 20.9 last 10 · 14.2 season
LeBron JamesCLE+6.1 37.6 last 10 · 31.5 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Mike DunleavyGSW+5.5 16.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Cuttino MobleyLAC−6.1 9.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Marcus CambyDEN−5.3 7.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.2 14.8 last 10 · 20.0 season