FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 9, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed MIN by 6 after three quarters and won 111–100.

Final
DET91
NYK83
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +8
Final
ORL117
MIL94
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +23
Final
TOR111
MIN100
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +11
Final
POR96
SAS112
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +16
Final
LAC86
DAL96
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +10
Final
LAL111
DEN115
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +4
Final
HOU95
SEA90
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +5
Final
UTA102
GSW126
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +24
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 9, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs LAC), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIN

Toronto keeps rolling, beats Minnesota

That is four in a row. Final: 111–100. Anthony Parker led Toronto with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-4-6+11TOR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR25232538111
MIN27252721100
Who led
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 16, 20, 13, 14, 9, 20, 12, 27, 24TOR24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 14, 23, 11, 4, 16, 12, 3, 17TOR17 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 21, 18, 10, 36, 9, 17, 11, 28MIN28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 20, 25, 22, 22, 22, 12, 13, 17MIN17 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DET @ NYK

Detroit gets past New York

91–83, with Detroit ahead 45–38 at halftime. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 22 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over LAL4HOU over SEA5DET over NYK8DAL over LAC10TOR over MIN11SAS over POR16ORL over MIL23GSW over UTA24Final margin, points. Pink = DET over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.2Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 3.2 in 45 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 70 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg35.5Today

36 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 33

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 28, 32, 32, 31, 31, 23, 23, 33DEN vs LAL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 16, 22, 24, 39, 35, 9, 18, 31HOU @ SEA · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 20, 6, 23, 22, 16, 35, 18, 30SAS vs POR · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 16, 12, 29, 21, 17, 12, 14, 28GSW vs UTA · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 21, 18, 10, 36, 9, 17, 11, 28MIN vs TOR · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 31, 22, 27, 30, 20, 0, 40, 27HOU @ SEA · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.0 16.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.8 24.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Antonio McDyessDET+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 6.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.8 8.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Richard HamiltonDET−5.4 14.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Mickael PietrusGSW−5.2 5.8 last 10 · 11.0 season