FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 13, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 7 after three quarters and won 91–87.

Final
NYK87
CLE91
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -7; Q4 CLE +4
Final
ORL92
SAS80
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +12
Final
DAL104
PHX117
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +13
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 13, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Mike Miller (MEM @ HOU), 37 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

Cleveland gets past New York

91–87, with Cleveland ahead 41–37 at halftime. Larry Hughes led Cleveland with 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final00+4-7+4CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1621302087
CLE1625193191
Who led
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 16, 16, 10, 7, 15, 6, 8, 26CLE26 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 11, 21, 13, 12, 12, 0, 10, 17CLE17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 34, 10, 0, 6, 16, 12, 5, 32NYK32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 18, 23, 14, 37, 23, 31, 26, 19NYK19 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · ORL @ SAS

Orlando upsets San Antonio

Orlando (34–44) beat San Antonio (60–18) 92–80. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over NYK4ORL over SAS12PHX over DAL13Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 74 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg45.5Today

46 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 36

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 38, 30, 29, 30, 20, 20, 29, 36DAL @ PHX · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 34, 10, 0, 6, 16, 12, 5, 32NYK @ CLE · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 20, 16, 11, 11, 13, 23, 18, 31SAS vs ORL · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 29, 21, 32, 16, 12, 22, 23, 29PHX vs DAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 16, 16, 10, 7, 15, 6, 8, 26CLE vs NYK · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 15, 14, 19, 12, 16, 20, 14, 22ORL @ SAS · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 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
Jamal CrawfordNYK+7.8 21.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+7.8 19.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Charlie BellMIL+6.4 14.9 last 10 · 8.5 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
Steve NashPHX−5.3 13.7 last 10 · 19.0 season