FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 10, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed GSW by 15 after the first quarter and won 114–105.

Final
DEN114
GSW105
Q1 DEN -15; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +9
Final
UTA94
DAL97
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +3
Final
LAL106
LAC78
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +28
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 10, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Elton Brand (LAC @ NOK), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ GSW

Allen Iverson drops 33 in 15-point comeback win over Golden State

Golden State led by 15 after one. Final: 114–105.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15+1+7+9DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN22392825114
GSW37232223105
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 31, 14, 21, 31, 13, 26, 21, 33DEN33 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 32, 25, 18, 25, 47, 38, 36, 25DEN25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 30, 14, 27, 19, 35, 16, 29GSW29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 28, 21, 19, 20, 9, 17, 33, 20GSW20 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 73 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 70 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 26.8 a game in 75 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · UTA @ DAL

Dallas leads Utah wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 97–94. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–28. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 32 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over UTA3DEN over GSW9LAL over LAC28Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over UTA.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 31, 14, 21, 31, 13, 26, 21, 33DEN @ GSW · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 35, 22, 11, 18, 27, 32, 11, 32DAL vs UTA · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 30, 14, 27, 19, 35, 16, 29GSW vs DEN · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 32, 25, 18, 25, 47, 38, 36, 25DEN @ GSW · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 13, 20, 23, 17, 13, 11, 10, 24DEN @ GSW · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 5 games: 19, 15, 19, 17, 23LAC vs LAL · L
18.6 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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