FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 6, 2007Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed UTA by 11 at halftime and won 107–103.

Final
IND112
CHA102
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +10
Final
TOR94
PHI85
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +9
Final
MIL102
ATL115
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +13
Final
MIA88
BOS85
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +3
Final
MIN99
NYK94
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +18; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +5
Final
GSW116
MEM104
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +12
Final
PHX103
NOK95
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +8
Final
CLE99
WAS94
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +5
Final
NJN74
CHI105
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +31
Final
POR85
HOU78
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +7
Final
UTA103
SAC107
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -11; Q3 SAC -7; Q4 SAC +4
Final
DAL71
DEN75
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +4
Final
LAL112
SEA109
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +3
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 · 2005–06Apr 6, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DEN), 42 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Sacramento climbs back to beat Utah

Utah led by 11 at the half. Sacramento won it 107–103. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-8-11-7+4SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA36242221103
SAC28212632107
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 9, 19, 1, 23, 23, 17, 26, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 5, 4, 17, 0, 16, 7, 6, 17SAC17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 4, 8, 16, 23, 16, 20, 11, 24UTA24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 13, 28, 41, 25, 18, 13, 21, 17UTA17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 68 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg42.5Today

42 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bulls rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat New Jersey by 31.

MIA over BOS3LAL over SEA3SAC over UTA4DEN over DAL4MIN over NYK5CLE over WAS5POR over HOU7PHX over NOK8TOR over PHI9IND over CHA10GSW over MEM12ATL over MIL13CHI over NJN31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 46

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: 50, 60, 50, 43, 23, 53, 19, 39, 29, 46LAL @ SEA · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 9, 13, 2, 12, 11, 8, 32, 36MIL @ ATL · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 14, 19, 12, 3, 20, 20, 8, 32SEA vs LAL · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 22, 7, 22, 11, 13, 16, 14, 32IND @ CHA · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 20, 34, 14, 17, 21, 7, 25, 31GSW @ MEM · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 13, 21, 31, 24, 13, 34, 27, 29CHA vs IND · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 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
Kobe BryantLAL+9.9 41.2 last 10 · 31.3 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 23.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC+5.4 19.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 6.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Richard HamiltonDET−6.3 13.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Allen IversonDEN−6.2 20.3 last 10 · 26.5 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.8 2.1 last 10 · 6.9 season