FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 11, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SAC by 17 at halftime and won 123–110.

Final
TOR97
MIA106
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +9
Final
MIN76
MEM92
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +16
Final
NJN101
CHI104
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +3
Final
SEA95
SAS104
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +9
Final
PHX123
SAC110
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -17; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +13
Final
GSW100
LAL111
Q1 LAL -10; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +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 11, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ SEA), 38 points.
The lead · PHX @ SAC

Phoenix erases 17-point lead, steals one from Sacramento

Sacramento led 68–51 at halftime. Phoenix won the second half 72–42 to take it 123–110. Raja Bell led Phoenix with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-170+13PHX AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX23283339123
SAC30381626110
Who led
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 12, 9, 15, 12, 10, 12, 23, 25PHX25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 14, 29, 21, 32, 16, 12, 22, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 24, 17, 25, 4, 3, 18, 30, 23SAC23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 11, 17, 26, 19, 15, 23, 15, 23SAC23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · GSW @ LAL

Lakers fight back from 10 down against Golden State

Final: 111–100, after trailing by 10 after one. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs GSW
Kobe Bryant · LALJason Richardson · GSWPTS3120REB42AST50Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 75 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter 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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 23, 26, 43, 27, 20, 33, 25, 43NJN @ CHI · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 17, 12, 8, 14, 23, 21, 9, 36CHI vs NJN · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 7, 11, 14, 6, 5, 5, 32MIA vs TOR · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 19, 36, 15, 25, 34, 36, 32, 32TOR @ MIA · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 43, 30, 23, 43, 43, 42, 51, 38, 31LAL vs GSW · W
35.1 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 17, 19, 28, 23, 16, 10, 19, 27SAS vs SEA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 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+7.3 15.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
LeBron JamesCLE+6.2 37.9 last 10 · 31.7 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+6.2 20.2 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kwame BrownLAL+5.7 12.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Cuttino MobleyLAC−6.9 8.0 last 10 · 14.9 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
Eddie JonesMEM−5.3 6.6 last 10 · 11.9 season