FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 15, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed CHA by 17 at halftime and won 112–108.

Final
ORL121
ATL105
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +16
Final
MIN103
DET115
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +12
Final · OT
CHA108
NJN112
Q1 NJN -15; Q2 NJN -17; Q3 NJN -9; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final
LAC92
NOH114
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +15; Q4 NOH +22
Final
MEM91
POR113
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +22
Final
SAC101
LAL124
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +29; Q4 LAL +23
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 15, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs SEA), 50 points.
The lead · CHA @ NJN

New Jersey needs overtime to survive Charlotte

Tied 94–94 after regulation. New Jersey won the final period 18–14 for a 112–108 win. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-17-90+4NJN AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA3328141914108
NJN1826222818112
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 14, 15, 28, 15, 14, 24, 28NJN28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 33, 32, 29, 32, 19, 21, 21, 18NJN18 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 26, 31, 27, 9, 36, 25, 26, 31CHA31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 4, 11, 11, 7, 17, 3, 16, 19CHA19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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
4.5Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · ORL @ ATL

Orlando beats Atlanta, 121–105

Orlando led 87–78 after three and won by 16. Maurice Evans led Orlando with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over CHA4DET over MIN12ORL over ATL16NOH over LAC22POR over MEM22LAL over SAC23Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over ATL.
Top performances

David West leads the day with 32

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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 22, 17, 25, 14, 22, 14, 30, 32NOH vs LAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Quincy DoubyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 5, 0, 5, 15, 13, 5, 7, 32SAC @ LAL · L
4.9 PPG season to date · +27.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 26, 31, 27, 9, 36, 25, 26, 31CHA @ NJN · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 12, 24, 18, 40, 14, 18, 21, 30MIN @ DET · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 14, 15, 28, 15, 14, 24, 28NJN vs CHA · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Maurice EvansPoints, last 10 games: 14, 3, 10, 11, 11, 16, 6, 17, 10, 27ORL @ ATL · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 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+9.5 17.4 last 10 · 7.9 season
Chris QuinnMIA+6.9 14.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Al ThorntonLAC+6.6 19.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.8 17.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Jose CalderonTOR−6.2 5.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
LeBron JamesCLE−5.4 24.6 last 10 · 30.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−4.9 6.5 last 10 · 11.4 season