FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 7, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAC by 6 at halftime and won 96–93.

Final
WAS101
ATL114
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +13
Final
DET87
ORL89
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +2
Final
BOS109
PHI99
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +10
Final
MIL90
MEM100
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +10
Final
UTA103
MIN95
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +8
Final
TOR89
NOK95
Q1 NOK +10; Q2 NOK +6; Q3 NOK +8; Q4 NOK +6
Final
IND96
NYK98
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +2
Final
DAL92
SAS86
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +6
Final
SEA121
POR108
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +13
Final
HOU100
GSW93
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAC96
LAC93
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +3
Final
LAL96
PHX107
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +11
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 7, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs NYK), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAC

Mike Bibby scores 30 as Sacramento wins in Los Angeles

Final: 96–93. Mike Bibby made 8 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-6+3+3SAC AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2123282496
LAC2525192493
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 22, 20, 19, 21, 22, 11, 31, 30SAC30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 11, 12, 11, 17, 26, 19, 15, 23SAC23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 12, 2, 0, 8, 5, 6, 12, 19LAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 32, 30, 20, 22, 16, 18, 34, 17LAC17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 70 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.2Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.2 in 68 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · IND @ NYK

New York takes over late to edge Indiana

Down 4 after three, New York won the fourth 30–24. Final: 98–96. Jamal Crawford led New York with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over DET2NYK over IND2SAC over LAC3NOK over TOR6DAL over SAS6HOU over GSW7UTA over MIN8BOS over PHI10MEM over MIL10PHX over LAL11ATL over WAS13SEA over POR13Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over IND.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 51

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: 38, 43, 28, 43, 30, 23, 43, 43, 42, 51LAL @ PHX · L
35.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
51 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 31, 17, 40, 27, 31, 13, 38, 41WAS @ ATL · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 14, 33, 20, 10, 29, 24, 32, 38SEA @ POR · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 17, 26, 28, 47, 32, 38, 26, 37PHI vs BOS · L
32.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 31, 18, 11, 19, 36, 15, 25, 34, 36TOR @ NOK · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 36, 33, 44, 21, 14, 16, 16, 33MEM vs MIL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 8 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 19.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Charlie BellMIL+7.1 15.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Mike JamesTOR+6.4 26.2 last 10 · 19.8 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+6.2 21.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.8 32.4 last 10 · 26.6 season
Cold
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
Darius MilesPOR−5.4 8.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC−5.3 9.8 last 10 · 15.1 season