FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 17, 2007Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed WAS by 4 after three quarters and won 95–89.

Final
IND102
ATL118
Q1 ATL +18; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +16
Final
CLE98
PHI92
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +6
Final
ORL95
WAS89
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +6
Final
TOR84
DET100
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +16
Final
LAC103
PHX99
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +4
Final
DAL82
GSW111
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +24; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +29
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 17, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Hedo Turkoglu (ORL vs CHI), 32 points.
The lead · ORL @ WAS

Orlando handles Washington by 6

The Magic won the first quarter 30–27. Final: 95–89. Hedo Turkoglu led Orlando with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Antawn Jamison scored 48 for Washington in the loss.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+12-4+6ORL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3027122695
WAS2718281689
Who led
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 6, 37, 15, 25, 7, 13, 20, 26ORL26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 8, 18, 31, 15, 12, 35, 10, 17ORL17 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 25, 27, 37, 26, 11, 4, 8, 48WAS48 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jarvis HayesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 13, 10, 29, 3, 13, 20, 11, 15WAS15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 80 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 73 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Dallas by 29, the widest margin of 6 games.

LAC over PHX4CLE over PHI6ORL over WAS6ATL over IND16DET over TOR16GSW over DAL29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 48

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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 25, 27, 37, 26, 11, 4, 8, 48WAS vs ORL · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +28.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 6, 37, 15, 25, 7, 13, 20, 26ORL @ WAS · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 25, 24, 15, 28, 16, 23, 17, 25ATL vs IND · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 7, 16, 24, 26, 16, 10, 11, 25ATL vs IND · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 13, 12, 14, 8, 12, 2, 26, 24PHI vs CLE · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 7, 10, 21, 21, 24, 8, 21, 23ATL vs IND · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 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
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
Andres NocioniCHI−6.7 7.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 5.8 last 10 · 12.3 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