FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 4, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 10 at halftime and won 112–108.

Final
CHA105
TOR100
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +5
Final
PHI109
ATL104
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +5
Final
NJN87
DET106
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +19
Final
GSW117
MEM86
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +31
Final
NYK110
NOH118
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +8
Final
SAS64
UTA90
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +26
Final
MIA95
WAS109
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +14
Final
IND105
MIL101
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +4
Final
MIN88
PHX117
Q1 PHX +21; Q2 PHX +21; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +29
Final
DAL108
LAL112
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL +4
Final
HOU79
SEA66
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +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
On this day · 2006–07Apr 4, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Hedo Turkoglu (ORL vs TOR), 37 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAL

Lamar Odom posts 31 and 10 as Lakers beat Dallas

31 points and 10 rebounds in a 112–108 win.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final00-10-7+4LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL31332321108
LAL31232632112
Who led
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 13, 19, 23, 18, 2, 10, 12, 31LAL31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 23, 36, 30, 27, 53, 26, 36, 25LAL25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 26, 21, 21, 35, 22, 11, 18, 27DAL27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 3, 17, 4, 14, 15, 20, 31, 25DAL25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · SAS @ UTA

Utah routs San Antonio by 26

Utah led by 2 at halftime and won 90–64. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 17 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over MIL4LAL over DAL4CHA over TOR5PHI over ATL5NOH over NYK8HOU over SEA13WAS over MIA14DET over NJN19UTA over SAS26PHX over MIN29GSW over MEM31Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over SAS.
Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 33

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 37, 21, 19, 31, 15, 22, 20, 19, 14, 33NOH vs NYK · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 15, 10, 28, 7, 14, 7, 7, 33MIA @ WAS · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 34, 15, 28, 19, 25, 19, 28, 32ATL vs PHI · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 13, 19, 23, 18, 2, 10, 12, 31LAL vs DAL · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 14, 28, 28, 21, 13, 19, 17, 30PHI @ ATL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 26, 24, 26, 39, 19, 24, 29NYK @ NOH · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 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
Rasho NesterovicTOR+8.4 15.6 last 10 · 7.2 season
Chris QuinnMIA+7.5 14.9 last 10 · 7.4 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.3 28.8 last 10 · 21.5 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.0 6.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−5.5 6.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Grant HillPHX−5.2 8.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Sam CassellBOS−5.1 6.1 last 10 · 11.2 season