FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 3, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by PHX (vs MEM) and DET (vs IND).

Final
WAS102
CHA122
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +19; Q4 CHA +20
Final
DET100
IND85
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +15
Final
TOR89
MIA92
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +3
Final
PHX116
MEM111
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +5
Final
NOK119
MIL101
Q1 NOK +6; Q2 NOK +11; Q3 NOK +6; Q4 NOK +18
Final
CLE101
MIN88
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +13
Final
SEA91
SAS110
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +19
Final
DAL97
SAC93
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +4
Final
DEN111
LAL105
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +6
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · PHX @ MEM

Phoenix makes it three straight

Phoenix beat Memphis 116–111 and moved to 56–18. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+12+1+5PHX AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX31401827116
MEM36232923111
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 4, 33, 23, 27, 17, 12, 24, 27PHX27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 20, 17, 27, 12, 27, 19, 29, 24PHX24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 35, 25, 21, 10, 17, 16, 23, 23MEM23 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 12, 6, 12, 9, 18, 26, 19, 22MEM22 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 40 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.6Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 7.6 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · DET @ IND

Detroit handles Indiana by 15

The Pistons won the third quarter 35–18. Final: 100–85. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over TOR3DAL over SAC4PHX over MEM5DEN over LAL6CLE over MIN13DET over IND15NOK over MIL18SAS over SEA19CHA over WAS20Final margin, points. Pink = DET over IND.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

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: 25, 65, 50, 60, 50, 43, 23, 53, 19, 39LAL vs DEN · L
31.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 20, 27, 13, 21, 31, 24, 13, 34CHA vs WAS · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 42, 29, 30, 32, 20, 34, 19, 33WAS @ CHA · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 37, 31, 21, 18, 26, 24, 39, 31CLE @ MIN · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 28, 10, 27, 13, 28, 32, 32, 31DEN @ LAL · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 7, 19, 28, 25, 17, 20, 28, 29DAL @ SAC · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 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
Kobe BryantLAL+11.6 42.7 last 10 · 31.1 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+6.6 15.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Antonio McDyessDET+5.8 13.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Earl BoykinsMIL−7.0 7.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 6.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−5.3 6.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.8 2.1 last 10 · 6.9 season