FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 4, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DEN by 20 at halftime and won 111–109.

Final
PHI91
CLE124
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +33
Final
BOS124
TOR120
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +4
Final
NYK90
WAS105
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +22; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +15
Final
MIN92
CHA97
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +5
Final
NOK93
DET101
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +8
Final
MIL89
MIA115
Q1 MIA +17; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +26
Final
ATL94
NJN96
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +2
Final
GSW75
MEM100
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +20; Q4 MEM +25
Final
IND96
CHI102
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -10; Q4 CHI +6
Final
SAC101
DAL127
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +25; Q4 DAL +26
Final
SAS95
UTA86
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +9
Final
HOU87
SEA104
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +15; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +17
Final
DEN109
LAC111
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 LAC -20; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DEN @ LAC

Clippers erase 20-point lead, steal one from Denver

Denver led 77–57 at halftime. Clippers won the second half 54–32 to take it 111–109. Sam Cassell led Clippers with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-20-5+2LAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN38391616109
LAC29283123111
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 13, 21, 26, 12, 8, 22, 20, 19LAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 24, 25, 32, 30, 20, 22, 16, 18LAC18 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 28, 32, 31, 28, 31, 32, 25, 24DEN24 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
DerMarr JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 9, 0, 16, 6, 6, 0, 2, 22DEN22 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 73 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 33.

NJN over ATL2LAC over DEN2BOS over TOR4CHA over MIN5CHI over IND6DET over NOK8SAS over UTA9WAS over NYK15SEA over HOU17MEM over GSW25MIA over MIL26DAL over SAC26CLE over PHI33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 38

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 38, 18, 29, 17, 26, 28, 47, 32, 38PHI @ CLE · L
33.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 29, 37, 36, 36, 46, 47, 35, 37CLE vs PHI · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 17, 12, 17, 19, 35, 12, 22, 5, 33ATL @ NJN · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 11, 10, 21, 17, 28, 38, 27, 32TOR vs BOS · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 15, 14, 33, 20, 10, 29, 24, 32SEA vs HOU · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 15, 23, 4, 10, 6, 22, 7, 30SAC @ DAL · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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+7.4 18.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Charlie BellMIL+6.8 15.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+5.9 20.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Mike DunleavyGSW+5.8 16.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.4 21.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
Cold
Cuttino MobleyLAC−6.1 9.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−5.5 7.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.0 14.9 last 10 · 19.9 season