FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 16, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIA by 7 at halftime and won 91–89.

Final
BOS91
MIA89
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +2
Final
NJN104
NYK95
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +9
Final
SAS91
MEM101
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +10
Final
ATL96
MIL102
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +6
Final
PHX117
HOU120
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +3
Final
MIN107
DEN122
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +15
Final
POR93
UTA130
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +37
Final
NOK125
SAC118
Q1 NOK 0; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK +1; Q4 NOK +7
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 16, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs PHX), 43 points.
The lead · BOS @ MIA

Boston wins a tight one over Miami

91–89. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Delonte West led Boston with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-70+2BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1818292691
MIA2122222489
Who led
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 18, 17, 16, 11, 10, 13, 19, 28BOS28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 22, 4, 22, 23, 20, 24, 28, 20BOS20 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 14, 5, 8, 4, 8, 9, 5, 16MIA16 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jason KaponoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 7, 11, 9, 19, 9, 9, 0, 16MIA16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Utah by 37.

BOS over MIA2HOU over PHX3MIL over ATL6NOK over SAC7NJN over NYK9MEM over SAS10DEN over MIN15UTA over POR37Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
5.8Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 77 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg9.1Last 3

9.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 61 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg42.4Today

42 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 39

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: 22, 27, 30, 20, 0, 40, 27, 32, 25, 39HOU vs PHX · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 39, 35, 9, 18, 31, 27, 30, 34HOU vs PHX · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 27, 15, 11, 19, 18, 15, 14, 30PHX @ HOU · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 24, 21, 46, 31, 26, 25, 35, 29NJN @ NYK · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 18, 17, 16, 11, 10, 13, 19, 28BOS @ MIA · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 17, 17, 20, 12, 24, 16, 18, 27PHX @ HOU · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Tarence KinseyMEM+11.7 19.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+6.5 16.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Travis OutlawPOR+6.5 15.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 24.6 last 10 · 18.2 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
Dwyane WadeMIA−5.6 21.8 last 10 · 27.4 season
JR SmithDEN−5.5 7.4 last 10 · 12.9 season