FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 18, 2007Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 12 after the first quarter and won 101–91.

Final
NYK94
CHA93
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +1
Final
MIL96
CLE109
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +13
Final
MIA68
ORL94
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +26
Final
PHI122
TOR119
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +3
Final
DET91
BOS89
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +2
Final
CHI97
NJN106
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +9
Final
WAS98
IND95
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MEM116
MIN94
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +22
Final
DEN100
SAS77
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +23
Final
HOU91
UTA101
Q1 UTA -12; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +10
Final
GSW120
POR98
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +22
Final
LAL117
SAC106
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +11
Final
DAL106
SEA75
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +30; Q4 DAL +31
Final
NOK86
LAC83
Q1 NOK -1; Q2 NOK -2; Q3 NOK -1; Q4 NOK +3
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 18, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ WAS), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Utah rallies from 12 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 12 after one, Utah outscored the Rockets 81–59 the rest of the way. Final: 101–91. Paul Millsap led Utah with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-12+3+4+10UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3215242091
UTA20302526101
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 6, 12, 4, 0, 10, 6, 16, 14UTA14 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 2, 9, 13, 16, 10, 4, 21, 14UTA14 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 9, 14, 6, 6, 0, 10, 7, 20HOU20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 30, 19, 18, 12, 7, 15, 8, 18HOU18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 66 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 74 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 31.

NYK over CHA1DET over BOS2PHI over TOR3WAS over IND3NOK over LAC3NJN over CHI9UTA over HOU10LAL over SAC11CLE over MIL13MEM over MIN22GSW over POR22DEN over SAS23ORL over MIA26DAL over SEA31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Willie Green leads the day with 37

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.
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 12, 14, 8, 12, 2, 26, 24, 37PHI @ TOR · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 9, 16, 6, 16, 14, 22, 26, 36POR vs GSW · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +26.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 39, 29, 46, 34, 23, 50, 17, 50, 34LAL @ SAC · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 18, 17, 15, 33, 31, 33, 25, 32NOK @ LAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 17, 12, 14, 28, 26, 8, 13, 31GSW @ POR · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Luke JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 3, 30TOR vs PHI · L
3.7 PPG season to date · +28.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+11.1 19.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
Travis OutlawPOR+8.4 18.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+7.0 23.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+6.7 16.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−5.6 21.8 last 10 · 27.4 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−5.5 6.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.3 7.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.2 8.9 last 10 · 14.1 season