FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 19, 2006Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ATL by 12 after the first quarter and won 100–99.

Final
ATL99
CLE100
Q1 CLE -12; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +1
Final
ORL83
IND89
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +6
Final
MIA78
BOS85
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +7
Final
PHI86
CHA96
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +10
Final
WAS96
DET80
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +16
Final
NYK90
NJN83
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +7
Final
LAC85
DAL71
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +14
Final
SAS89
HOU87
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +2
Final · 2OT
MEM102
MIN92
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM -6; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +10
Final
TOR106
CHI127
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +21
Final
GSW102
UTA105
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +3
Final
PHX106
POR96
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +10
Final
NOK95
LAL115
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +27; Q3 LAL +31; Q4 LAL +20
Final
DEN98
SEA109
Q1 SEA +15; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +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 19, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Darius Miles (POR @ DEN), 47 points.
The lead · ATL @ CLE

Cleveland rallies from 12 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 12 after one, Cleveland outscored the Hawks 82–69 the rest of the way. Final: 100–99. Flip Murray led Cleveland with 19 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-12+6+14+1CLE AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL3013233399
CLE18313120100
Who led
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 18, 15, 25, 2, 12, 14, 11, 19CLE19 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 5, 7, 16, 2, 17, 6, 4, 16CLE16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 25, 14, 7, 22, 17, 28, 8, 21ATL21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 15, 15, 10, 10, 14, 19, 17, 16ATL16 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 78 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 79 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg52.9Today

53 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 69 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bulls rout

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Toronto by 21.

CLE over ATL1SAS over HOU2UTA over GSW3IND over ORL6BOS over MIA7NYK over NJN7CHA over PHI10MEM over MIN10PHX over POR10SEA over DEN11LAC over DAL14WAS over DET16LAL over NOK20CHI over TOR21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 35

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: 23, 43, 43, 42, 51, 38, 31, 50, 43, 35LAL vs NOK · W
35.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 23, 7, 21, 18, 26, 21, 22, 33WAS @ DET · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 16, 12, 22, 23, 29, 31, 29, 32PHX @ POR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 14, 14, 3, 8, 19, 15, 13, 29TOR @ CHI · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 12, 13, 9, 23, 23, 20, 27, 29TOR @ CHI · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 5, 13, 11, 17, 12, 11, 8, 27GSW @ UTA · L
6.8 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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+7.8 22.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Hedo TurkogluORL+5.9 20.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Jarrett JackPOR+5.6 12.3 last 10 · 6.7 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+5.5 21.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsMIL−6.4 5.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Eddie JonesMEM−5.9 5.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andre MillerDEN−5.4 8.3 last 10 · 13.7 season