FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 5, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 101–99.

Final
MIN99
ATL101
Q1 ATL -13; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +2
Final
WAS108
BOS91
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +17
Final
TOR103
IND111
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +8
Final
MIL105
ORL108
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +3
Final
CHI99
PHI92
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +7
Final
CLE94
NYK96
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +2
Final · OT
GSW109
NOK114
Q1 NOK +3; Q2 NOK +5; Q3 NOK 0; Q4 NOK 0; OT1 NOK +5
Final
SAC97
SAS87
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +10
Final
HOU75
POR76
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +1
Final
LAC119
PHX105
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +14
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 5, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ GSW), 44 points.
The lead · MIN @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 13 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 13 after one, Atlanta outscored the Timberwolves 82–67 the rest of the way. Final: 101–99. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-13+7-2+2ATL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN328273299
ATL19281836101
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 17, 19, 35, 12, 22, 5, 33, 24ATL24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 11, 6, 20, 4, 17, 26, 8, 17ATL17 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 12, 10, 21, 26, 21, 19, 20, 33MIN33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 24, 15, 26, 27, 22, 19, 24, 27MIN27 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 74 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg5.5Last 3

5.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg48.0Today

48 minutes today, against 23.2 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Washington by 17.

POR over HOU1ATL over MIN2NYK over CLE2ORL over MIL3NOK over GSW5CHI over PHI7IND over TOR8SAC over SAS10LAC over PHX14WAS over BOS17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas 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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 25, 31, 17, 40, 27, 31, 13, 38WAS @ BOS · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 12, 2, 20, 8, 18, 23, 14, 37NYK vs CLE · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 37, 36, 36, 46, 47, 35, 37, 36CLE @ NYK · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 37, 31, 18, 11, 19, 36, 15, 25, 34TOR @ IND · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 25, 32, 30, 20, 22, 16, 18, 34LAC @ PHX · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 12, 14, 11, 19, 2, 4, 8, 34MIL @ ORL · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 6 REB · 11 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+7.1 15.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+5.9 20.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+5.8 14.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kwame BrownLAL+5.4 12.2 last 10 · 6.8 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
Marcus CambyDEN−4.8 8.2 last 10 · 13.0 season