FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 11, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BOS by 11 at halftime and won 102–94.

Final
PHI102
BOS94
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +8
Final
WAS82
MIA85
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +3
Final
ORL99
DET104
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +5
Final
IND104
MIL98
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +6
Final
DAL105
MIN88
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +17
Final
SAC100
SAS109
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DEN115
UTA106
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +9
Final
SEA91
PHX109
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +18
Final
HOU99
POR95
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +4
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 11, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN @ CHI), 43 points.
The lead · PHI @ BOS

Philadelphia rallies from 11 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 11 at the half, Philadelphia outscored the Celtics 55–36 the rest of the way. Final: 102–94. Steven Hunter led Philadelphia with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-9-110+8PHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI20272926102
BOS2929181894
Who led
Steven HunterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 11, 4, 2, 12, 6, 5, 7, 20PHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 16, 3, 14, 14, 10, 5, 19, 19PHI19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 8, 9, 17, 13, 24, 12, 7, 26BOS26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 2, 12, 25, 8, 21, 12, 33, 22BOS22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ MIN

Dallas makes it three straight

Dallas beat Minnesota 105–88 and moved to 65–13. Austin Croshere led Dallas with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · DAL
W@ ATL104–97W@ NOK105–89Wvs MIL105–103Wvs NYK105–103L@ PHX104–126W@ SAC97–93L@ DEN71–75Wvs POR86–74Wvs LAC96–86W@ MIN105–88DAL: last 10 games through Apr 11, oldest first. Pink = win.
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
5.3Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 74 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 32

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 22, 27, 30, 20, 0, 40, 27, 32HOU @ POR · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 32, 32, 31, 31, 23, 23, 33, 32DEN @ UTA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 24, 6, 9, 12, 14, 10, 17, 31UTA vs DEN · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 21, 27, 19, 27, 9, 35, 20, 30SEA @ PHX · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 12, 32, 17, 11, 17, 14, 22, 28DET vs ORL · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 22, 24, 39, 35, 9, 18, 31, 27HOU @ POR · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 24.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+6.1 16.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Gerald GreenBOS+5.9 16.4 last 10 · 10.5 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−5.9 8.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Mickael PietrusGSW−5.2 5.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Chris WebberDET−5.1 6.4 last 10 · 11.5 season