FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 8, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHI by 6 at halftime and won 95–88.

Final
MIN119
CHA121
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +2
Final
ATL98
IND112
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +14
Final
CHI88
MIA95
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +7
Final
NYK98
DET94
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +23; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +4
Final
PHX127
MEM113
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +14
Final · OT
BOS107
MIL104
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +3
Final
UTA77
NOH66
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +11
Final
SEA83
DAL99
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +16
Final
LAL103
POR112
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +9
Final
SAC132
GSW140
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +8
Final
DEN117
LAC99
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +18
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 8, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ SAC), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ MIA

Miami handles Chicago by 7

The Heat won the third quarter 26–18. Final: 95–88. Kasib Powell led Miami with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-3-6+2+7MIA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2128182188
MIA1825262695
Who led
Kasib PowellPoints, last 7 games: 0, 4, 14, 2, 6, 15, 18MIA18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 28, 7, 14, 7, 7, 33, 11, 16MIA16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 14, 6, 19, 16, 10, 15, 8, 25CHI25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 13, 10, 6, 18, 6, 10, 7, 16CHI16 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 18.

CHA over MIN2BOS over MIL3NYK over DET4MIA over CHI7GSW over SAC8POR over LAL9UTA over NOH11IND over ATL14PHX over MEM14DAL over SEA16DEN over LAC18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 53 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 40

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 21, 14, 22, 26, 12, 24, 18, 40MIN @ CHA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high40 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 13, 28, 23, 29, 21, 23, 23, 36MEM vs PHX · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 34, 27, 20, 26, 31, 27, 9, 36CHA vs MIN · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 23, 32, 25, 18, 25, 47, 38, 36DEN @ LAC · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 30, 27, 53, 26, 36, 25, 29, 34LAL @ POR · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 12, 28, 21, 19, 20, 9, 17, 33GSW vs SAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 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+9.1 16.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Chris QuinnMIA+8.2 15.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.9 29.5 last 10 · 21.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.5 30.7 last 10 · 25.2 season
Cold
Dwight HowardORL−5.7 15.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−5.3 6.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Grant HillPHX−5.0 8.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Sam CassellBOS−4.8 6.3 last 10 · 11.1 season