FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 13, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed DAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 99–95.

Final
TOR84
DET91
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +7
Final
SAS85
LAL106
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +21
Final
MIA76
CLE84
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +8
Final
ORL104
CHI84
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +20
Final
HOU94
DEN111
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +17
Final
DAL95
SEA99
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA -1; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +4
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 13, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA @ DAL), 32 points.
The lead · DAL @ SEA

Seattle upsets Dallas

Seattle (18–62) beat Dallas (50–30) 99–95. Earl Watson led Seattle with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-6-1+3+4SEA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2526271795
SEA1931311899
Who led
Earl WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 20, 12, 4, 16, 22, 18, 17, 21SEA21 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 25, 30, 4, 37, 16, 26, 20, 19SEA19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 11, 18, 27, 32, 11, 32, 28, 32DAL32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 20, 31, 25, 12, 22, 21, 10, 25DAL25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 68 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · MIA @ CLE

Cleveland takes care of Miami

An 8-point win, 84–76. Delonte West led Cleveland with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over DAL4DET over TOR7CLE over MIA8DEN over HOU17ORL over CHI20LAL over SAS21Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over MIA.
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: 31, 14, 21, 31, 13, 26, 21, 33, 28, 33DEN vs HOU · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 11, 18, 27, 32, 11, 32, 28, 32DAL @ SEA · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 21, 32, 24, 23, 18, 32, 21, 30TOR @ DET · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 20, 31, 25, 12, 22, 21, 10, 25DAL @ SEA · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 2, 12, 26, 23, 22, 12, 23, 24ORL @ CHI · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 23, 17, 13, 11, 10, 24, 11, 23DEN vs HOU · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 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 16.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Chris QuinnMIA+6.5 14.4 last 10 · 7.9 season
Al ThorntonLAC+6.3 19.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Earl WatsonSEA+4.9 15.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Grant HillPHX−5.2 7.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
LeBron JamesCLE−5.2 24.8 last 10 · 30.0 season
Jose CalderonTOR−5.2 6.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Daniel GibsonCLE−5.1 5.4 last 10 · 10.5 season