FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 2, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed TOR by 11 after three quarters and won 127–120.

Final · OT
TOR120
ATL127
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL -11; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +7
Final
IND77
BOS92
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +15
Final
CLE118
CHA114
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +4
Final
MIL110
WAS109
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL -8; Q4 MIL +1
Final
NOH106
MIA77
Q1 NOH +12; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +29
Final
NYK114
MEM130
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +16
Final
MIN100
UTA117
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +17
Final
GSW86
DAL111
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +25
Final
LAC102
SEA84
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +18
Final
POR91
LAL104
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +13
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · TOR @ ATL

Atlanta flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Toronto led 59–55 at the break. Tied 107–107 after regulation, Atlanta won the extra time 20–13. Final: 127–120. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-4-110+7ATL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
TOR2732321613120
ATL3124252720127
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 24, 34, 15, 28, 19, 25, 19, 28ATL28 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 23, 15, 20, 18, 16, 30, 16, 17, 26ATL26 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 28, 7, 8, 24, 17, 21, 29, 21, 32, 24TOR24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 8, 7, 11, 13, 10, 10, 16, 23TOR23 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · CLE @ CHA

Cleveland fights back from 9 down against Charlotte

Final: 118–114, after trailing by 9 after one. LeBron James led Cleveland with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs CHA
LeBron James · CLEJason Richardson · CHAPTS2931REB46AST57Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 36

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: 24, 29, 27, 23, 36, 30, 27, 53, 26, 36LAL vs POR · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 8, 20, 24, 26, 34, 27, 20, 26, 31CHA vs CLE · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 19, 3, 17, 4, 14, 15, 20, 31DAL vs GSW · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 16, 20, 23, 23, 32, 18, 25, 30SEA vs LAC · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 30, 30, 29, 29, 21, 13, 26, 29CLE @ CHA · W
30.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 24, 34, 15, 28, 19, 25, 19, 28ATL vs TOR · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 11 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
Vince CarterNJN+7.3 28.8 last 10 · 21.5 season
Chris QuinnMIA+7.1 14.2 last 10 · 7.1 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.4 30.5 last 10 · 25.1 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−5.9 5.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
John SalmonsSAC−5.6 6.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Sam CassellBOS−5.1 6.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Grant HillPHX−4.9 8.5 last 10 · 13.4 season