FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 12, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 109–93.

Final
BOS99
ATL89
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +10
Final
CHA107
IND103
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +4
Final
PHI93
WAS109
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +16
Final
MIN114
MEM105
Q1 MIN +18; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +9
Final
NJN111
MIL98
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +13
Final
DEN97
UTA124
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +27
Final
DAL105
POR108
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +3
Final
NOH91
SAC94
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +3
Final
LAC116
GSW122
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +6
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 12, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs LAC), 50 points.
The lead · PHI @ WAS

Washington gets past Philadelphia

109–93, with Washington ahead 57–53 at halftime. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+4-6+16WAS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI302331993
WAS23342131109
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 17, 25, 17, 22, 18, 27, 15, 25WAS25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 18, 30, 27, 17, 13, 13, 10, 20WAS20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 13, 19, 17, 30, 25, 25, 9, 22PHI22 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 16, 16, 24, 23, 18, 6, 23, 16PHI16 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Jazz rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Denver by 27.

POR over DAL3SAC over NOH3CHA over IND4GSW over LAC6MIN over MEM9BOS over ATL10NJN over MIL13WAS over PHI16UTA over DEN27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 74 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 78 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 6.6 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 37

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.
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 26, 23, 14, 13, 27, 16, 30, 37IND vs CHA · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 18, 22, 17, 25, 14, 22, 14, 30NOH @ SAC · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 10, 13, 13, 6, 11, 25, 4, 30LAC @ GSW · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 22, 11, 18, 27, 32, 11, 32, 28DAL @ POR · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 16, 6, 2, 14, 6, 20, 18, 28GSW vs LAC · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 14, 21, 31, 13, 26, 21, 33, 28DEN @ UTA · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 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+8.6 16.1 last 10 · 7.5 season
Chris QuinnMIA+8.1 15.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Al ThorntonLAC+6.3 19.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Vince CarterNJN+4.7 26.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Cold
Daniel GibsonCLE−5.5 5.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Grant HillPHX−5.2 7.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Dwight HowardORL−4.9 16.0 last 10 · 20.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−4.8 6.7 last 10 · 11.5 season