FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 12, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by CHI (vs ATL) and MIN (vs HOU).

Final
CHI96
ATL90
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +6
Final
BOS112
IND117
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +5
Final
TOR96
ORL103
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +7
Final
MEM96
CHA88
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +8
Final
PHI116
NJN96
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +21; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +20
Final
CLE73
DET96
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +27; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +23
Final
WAS97
MIL100
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +3
Final
SEA99
NOK104
Q1 NOK -5; Q2 NOK +2; Q3 NOK +6; Q4 NOK +5
Final
MIN82
HOU79
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN +3
Final
DEN83
UTA104
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +21
Final
DAL102
GSW114
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +12
Final
POR93
LAC97
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +4
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 12, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Manu Ginobili (SAS vs POR), 30 points.
The lead · MIN @ HOU

Minnesota rallies from 10 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 10 at the half, Minnesota outscored the Rockets 49–36 the rest of the way. Final: 82–79. Mark Blount led Minnesota with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-8-10-8+3MIN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN1221282182
HOU2023261079
Who led
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 15, 16, 9, 2, 8, 17, 6, 16MIN16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Marcus BanksPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 17, 24, 4, 2, 14, 6, 10, 15MIN15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 19, 12, 16, 5, 16, 1, 22, 17HOU17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 5, 7, 13, 12, 12, 22, 25, 15HOU15 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 23.

MIL over WAS3MIN over HOU3LAC over POR4IND over BOS5NOK over SEA5CHI over ATL6ORL over TOR7MEM over CHA8GSW over DAL12PHI over NJN20UTA over DEN21DET over CLE23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
20.1Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 76 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 67 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

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: 26, 28, 47, 32, 38, 26, 37, 39, 26, 40PHI @ NJN · W
33.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 10, 29, 24, 32, 38, 30, 14, 36SEA @ NOK · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 24, 22, 18, 22, 29, 33, 19, 30BOS @ IND · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 29, 38, 30, 29, 30, 20, 20, 29DAL @ GSW · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 24, 6, 27, 2, 8, 26, 17, 27ORL vs TOR · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 15, 9, 22, 27, 30, 11, 25, 25UTA vs DEN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 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+7.8 19.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Charlie BellMIL+6.4 14.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+6.2 20.2 last 10 · 14.0 season
Mike JamesTOR+6.0 26.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.8 22.2 last 10 · 16.4 season
Cold
Cuttino MobleyLAC−6.8 8.1 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
Jamaal MagloireMIL−5.0 4.3 last 10 · 9.3 season