FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 7, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed UTA by 20 after three quarters and won 106–103.

Final
BOS98
IND105
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +7
Final
MEM89
ORL116
Q1 ORL +21; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +32; Q4 ORL +27
Final · OT
WAS114
NJN120
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +6
Final
NOK96
MIN94
Q1 NOK -2; Q2 NOK -6; Q3 NOK +5; Q4 NOK +2
Final
GSW99
SAS112
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +13
Final · OT
NYK118
MIL113
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +5
Final
POR74
DAL86
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +12
Final
SEA106
UTA103
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA -9; Q3 SEA -20; Q4 SEA +3
Final
DEN96
LAC93
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +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 7, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHX), 51 points.
The lead · SEA @ UTA

Rashard Lewis drops 35 in 20-point comeback win over Utah

Utah led by 20 after three. Final: 106–103.

Game flow · SEA 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-9-20+3SEA AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA30181939106
UTA27303016103
Who led
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 35, 33, 21, 27, 19, 27, 9, 35SEA35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Earl WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 24, 9, 7, 28, 8, 16, 16, 15SEA15 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 21, 16, 22, 23, 12, 14, 5, 24UTA24 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 28, 41, 25, 18, 13, 21, 17, 16UTA16 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 42 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 57 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+40.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg51.4Today

51 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 27.

NOK over MIN2SEA over UTA3DEN over LAC3NYK over MIL5NJN over WAS6IND over BOS7DAL over POR12SAS over GSW13ORL over MEM27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Vince Carter 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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 27, 40, 13, 27, 19, 24, 21, 46NJN vs WAS · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high46 PTS · 16 REB · 10 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 27, 17, 25, 17, 34, 14, 20, 43NYK @ MIL · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 20, 14, 16, 10, 6, 25, 27, 37WAS @ NJN · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 35, 33, 21, 27, 19, 27, 9, 35SEA @ UTA · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 5, 6, 12, 15, 14, 6, 21, 34NYK @ MIL · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 16, 14, 26, 26, 20, 16, 22, 34DEN @ LAC · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Jason TerryDAL+5.5 22.6 last 10 · 17.1 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−6.0 20.6 last 10 · 26.6 season
Mickael PietrusGSW−5.0 6.1 last 10 · 11.1 season