FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 17, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DEN by 16 at halftime and won 86–83.

Final · OT
CHI116
ORL112
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -11; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +4
Final
IND120
TOR95
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +35; Q4 IND +25
Final
CLE93
BOS88
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +5
Final
CHA98
NYK91
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +7
Final
DET93
MIL113
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +29; Q4 MIL +20
Final
UTA82
SAS115
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +33
Final
HOU86
DEN83
Q1 HOU -13; Q2 HOU -16; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU +3
Final
NOK78
PHX115
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +23; Q4 PHX +37
Final
POR79
GSW93
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +14
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 17, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs PHI), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ DEN

Juwan Howard drops 31 in 16-point comeback win over Denver

Denver led by 16 at the half. Final: 86–83.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-13-16-7+3HOU AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1619242786
DEN2922151783
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 13, 12, 12, 22, 25, 15, 16, 31HOU31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 16, 5, 16, 1, 22, 17, 13, 17HOU17 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 25, 24, 33, 28, 28, 18, 15, 22DEN22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
DerMarr JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 2, 22, 0, 5, 13, 6, 3, 12DEN12 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.2Season avg19.2Last 3

19.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.2 in 79 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 2.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat New Orleans/Oklahoma City by 37, the widest margin of 9 games.

HOU over DEN3CHI over ORL4CLE over BOS5CHA over NYK7GSW over POR14MIL over DET20IND over TOR25SAS over UTA33PHX over NOK37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Hedo Turkoglu leads the day with 32

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.
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 24, 26, 14, 16, 18, 15, 23, 32ORL vs CHI · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 13, 12, 12, 22, 25, 15, 16, 31HOU @ DEN · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 25, 32, 11, 23, 25, 11, 18, 27IND @ TOR · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 32, 12, 13, 9, 23, 23, 20, 27TOR vs IND · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 15, 14, 5, 22, 17, 19, 17, 26CHI @ ORL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 14, 21, 19, 20, 14, 17, 18, 24CHI @ ORL · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Mike JamesTOR+8.1 28.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+7.9 22.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Josh SmithATL+6.9 18.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+6.5 18.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Hedo TurkogluORL+5.9 20.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
David WesleyHOU−5.3 4.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Darius MilesPOR−5.3 8.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC−5.2 9.7 last 10 · 14.9 season