FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 1, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by GSW (vs SAC) and LAL (vs MIL).

Final
TOR99
ORL95
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +4
Final · 2OT
CHA109
BOS111
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +2
Final
DET98
NJN111
Q1 NJN +11; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +13
Final
WAS107
MEM112
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +5
Final
LAL104
MIL98
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
MIA96
DAL98
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +2
Final
HOU109
PHX114
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +5
Final · OT
SAC141
GSW143
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -9; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +2
Final
NOH104
LAC98
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +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 · 2007–08Apr 1, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs NYK), 36 points.
The lead · SAC @ GSW

Monta Ellis scores 42 as Golden State beats Sacramento

Golden State won 143–141. Monta Ellis: 42 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists. Kevin Martin scored 50 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-9+40+2GSW AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC403630269141
GSW3730432211143
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 27, 21, 12, 27, 22, 17, 29, 42GSW42 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 25, 15, 16, 13, 11, 21, 14, 27GSW27 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 24, 31, 30, 16, 31, 17, 20, 50SAC50 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 6, 17, 16, 24, 10, 19, 19, 22SAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.0Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: New Jersey by 13.

BOS over CHA2DAL over MIA2GSW over SAC2TOR over ORL4MEM over WAS5PHX over HOU5LAL over MIL6NOH over LAC6NJN over DET13Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 50

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 24, 31, 30, 16, 31, 17, 20, 50SAC @ GSW · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +25.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high50 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 27, 21, 12, 27, 22, 17, 29, 42GSW vs SAC · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 37, 36, 9, 6, 9, 26, 21, 27, 32BOS vs CHA · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 19, 20, 27, 23, 5, 11, 31, 31WAS @ MEM · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 26, 32, 27, 19, 22, 26, 15, 30NOH @ LAC · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 21, 28, 19, 30, 14, 17, 25, 30LAL @ MIL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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
Kevin LoveMIN+6.4 17.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Brandon RushIND+6.1 13.4 last 10 · 7.3 season
Grant HillPHX+5.6 17.3 last 10 · 11.7 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mehmet OkurUTA−5.0 12.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.0 22.3 last 10 · 27.3 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.4 7.0 last 10 · 11.4 season