FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 9, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 96–79.

Final
NJN83
CLE104
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +21
Final
CHI83
ORL115
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +32
Final
DET94
PHI101
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +7
Final
MIL93
TOR111
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +18
Final
BOS95
WAS109
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +14
Final
CHA107
NYK109
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +2
Final
NOH122
MIN90
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +16; Q4 NOH +32
Final
SEA80
HOU103
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +23
Final
PHX96
SAS79
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +17
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 9, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs LAL), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ SAS

Phoenix climbs out of an 8-point hole against San Antonio

Down 8 after one, the Suns won the second quarter 29–21 and the game 96–79. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-80+4+17PHX AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1629272496
SAS2421231179
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 22, 33, 41, 25, 24, 31, 28, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 16, 15, 17, 20, 14, 5, 13, 16PHX16 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 19, 26, 12, 13, 17, 15, 27, 23SAS23 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 11, 15, 18, 22, 26, 17, 8, 20SAS20 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Orlando by 32.

NYK over CHA2PHI over DET7WAS over BOS14PHX over SAS17TOR over MIL18CLE over NJN21HOU over SEA23ORL over CHI32NOH over MIN32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg21.4Last 3

21.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 6.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Charlie Villanueva leads the day with 38

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.
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 11, 26, 8, 24, 11, 22, 2, 38MIL @ TOR · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +26.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 29, 21, 13, 26, 29, 33, 17, 33CLE vs NJN · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 29, 21, 32, 24, 23, 18, 32TOR vs MIL · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 3, 13, 11, 24, 25, 17, 4, 13, 30ORL vs CHI · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 12, 27, 27, 10, 17, 13, 14, 28BOS @ WAS · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 24, 9, 17, 25, 17, 22, 18, 27WAS vs BOS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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+9.2 16.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Chris QuinnMIA+8.2 15.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.6 29.2 last 10 · 21.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.4 16.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Sam CassellBOS−4.8 6.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Dwight HowardORL−4.7 16.3 last 10 · 21.0 season
Daniel GibsonCLE−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Grant HillPHX−4.5 8.8 last 10 · 13.3 season