FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 15, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed NYK by 9 at halftime and won 107–105.

Final
CHI101
WAS68
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +22; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +33
Final
SAS86
DAL91
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +5
Final
MIN108
GSW121
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +40; Q4 GSW +13
Final
NJN111
IND107
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +4
Final
SAC105
LAC100
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +5
Final
PHI102
DET91
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +11
Final
BOS86
ORL88
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +2
Final
NYK105
TOR107
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +2
Final
SEA98
LAL109
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +11
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 15, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs ATL), 36 points.
The lead · NYK @ TOR

Toronto climbs back to beat New York

New York led by 9 at the half. Toronto won it 107–105. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-9-1+2TOR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK27321927105
TOR30202730107
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 13, 37, 24, 24, 28, 23, 22, 16, 18, 23TOR23 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 14, 9, 20, 12, 27, 24, 21, 19TOR19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 34, 14, 20, 43, 24, 4, 20, 30NYK30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 9, 9, 1, 7, 4, 6, 22, 28NYK28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bulls rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Washington by 33.

ORL over BOS2TOR over NYK2NJN over IND4DAL over SAS5SAC over LAC5PHI over DET11LAL over SEA11GSW over MIN13CHI over WAS33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.1Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 3.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 72 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg47.2Today

47 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 50

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: 53, 19, 39, 29, 46, 34, 23, 50, 17, 50LAL vs SEA · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
50 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 36, 9, 17, 11, 28, 7, 15, 42MIN @ GSW · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 19, 24, 21, 46, 31, 26, 25, 35NJN @ IND · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 36, 26, 27, 19, 23, 11, 17, 32GSW vs MIN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 34, 14, 20, 43, 24, 4, 20, 30NYK @ TOR · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 37, 15, 2, 27, 27, 23, 20, 30CHI @ WAS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 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
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.0 17.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 24.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Corey MaggetteLAC+6.3 23.2 last 10 · 16.9 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+5.8 14.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−7.6 4.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andres NocioniCHI−6.7 7.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
JR SmithDEN−5.6 7.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Morris PetersonTOR−5.3 3.6 last 10 · 8.9 season