FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 14, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by LAC (vs SEA) and UTA (vs NOK).

Final
CHA116
ATL110
Q1 CHA -10; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +11; Q4 CHA +6
Final
DET103
TOR108
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +5
Final
NJN79
BOS74
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +5
Final
PHI85
MIA104
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +19
Final
MIL97
NYK80
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +26; Q4 MIL +17
Final
WAS101
CHI103
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MIN77
IND89
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +12
Final
UTA105
NOK104
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +1
Final
PHX102
GSW110
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +8
Final
POR99
LAL110
Q1 LAL +18; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +11
Final
LAC101
SEA97
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -11; 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 14, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ PHI), 48 points.
The lead · UTA @ NOK

Utah turns it around against New Orleans/Oklahoma City

From 11 down at the half to a 1-point win: 105–104. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-8-11-2+1UTA AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA20233329105
NOK28262426104
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 17, 23, 13, 6, 24, 3, 14, 25UTA25 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 9, 22, 27, 30, 11, 25, 25, 23UTA23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 23, 23, 24, 13, 19, 4, 14, 31NOK31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Speedy ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 10, 9, 21, 11, 6, 14, 10, 15NOK15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.1Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 77 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Miami by 19.

UTA over NOK1CHI over WAS2LAC over SEA4TOR over DET5NJN over BOS5CHA over ATL6GSW over PHX8LAL over POR11IND over MIN12MIL over NYK17MIA over PHI19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 50

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: 43, 30, 23, 43, 43, 42, 51, 38, 31, 50LAL vs POR · W
35.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
50 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 36, 15, 25, 34, 36, 32, 32, 21, 39TOR vs DET · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 31, 13, 38, 41, 30, 32, 25, 36WAS @ CHI · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 5, 33, 24, 20, 14, 12, 14, 35ATL vs CHA · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 29, 24, 32, 38, 30, 14, 36, 33SEA vs LAC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 8, 14, 23, 21, 9, 36, 19, 32CHI vs WAS · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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+8.7 20.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Mike JamesTOR+8.5 28.9 last 10 · 20.4 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+6.5 20.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Morris PetersonTOR+6.0 22.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Kwame BrownLAL+5.5 12.7 last 10 · 7.2 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
Mo WilliamsMIL−5.4 7.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Steve NashPHX−5.3 13.7 last 10 · 19.0 season