FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 14, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed MIL by 1 after the first quarter and won 113–92.

Final
ORL104
PHI87
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +17
Final
ATL76
CLE110
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +28; Q3 CLE +30; Q4 CLE +34
Final
DEN118
MEM133
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +15
Final
NOK112
HOU123
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +11
Final
CHA113
MIL92
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +21
Final
PHX126
UTA98
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +23; Q4 PHX +28
Final
SEA102
POR108
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +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
On this day · 2005–06Apr 14, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs POR), 50 points.
The lead · CHA @ MIL

Walter Herrmann hits six threes, Charlotte tops Milwaukee

30 points for Walter Herrmann. Final: 113–92.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+3+16+21CHA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA27273227113
MIL2823192292
Who led
Walter HerrmannPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 22, 21, 20, 15, 15, 20, 14, 30CHA30 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Alan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 7, 12, 0, 6, 0, 2, 13, 24CHA24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 17, 9, 25, 4, 15, 13, 23, 16MIL16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dan GadzuricPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 5, 6, 4, 9, 0, 18, 21, 14MIL14 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SEA @ POR

Portland never trails at a break against Seattle

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 108–102. Jarrett Jack led Portland with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over SEA6HOU over NOK11MEM over DEN15ORL over PHI17CHA over MIL21PHX over UTA28CLE over ATL34Final margin, points. Pink = POR over SEA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 35

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 12, 10, 8, 18, 31, 15, 12, 35ORL @ PHI · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 20, 24, 18, 17, 15, 33, 31, 33NOK @ HOU · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Walter HerrmannPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 22, 21, 20, 15, 15, 20, 14, 30CHA @ MIL · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 24, 39, 35, 9, 18, 31, 27, 30HOU vs NOK · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 27, 19, 27, 9, 35, 20, 30, 29SEA @ POR · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 1, 5, 0, 19, 19, 15, 18, 11, 28MEM vs DEN · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 12 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+6.5 16.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 24.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Corey MaggetteLAC+6.2 23.0 last 10 · 16.8 season
Gerald GreenBOS+6.0 16.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Andres NocioniCHI−6.3 7.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.2 6.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
JR SmithDEN−5.6 7.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Morris PetersonTOR−5.3 3.6 last 10 · 8.9 season