FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 3, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHA by 12 after the first quarter and won 97–92.

Final
MIA97
CHA92
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +5
Final
SAS126
IND121
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +5
Final
ATL92
BOS104
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +12
Final
DAL102
MEM107
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +5
Final
POR107
OKC72
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +35
Final
CLE87
ORL116
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +32; Q4 ORL +29
Final
MIN103
UTA102
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +1
Final
SAC111
PHX139
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +28
Final
NOH103
GSW111
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +8
Final
HOU81
LAL93
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +12
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 3, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ POR), 35 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHA

Miami fights back from 12 down against Charlotte

Final: 97–92, after trailing by 12 after one. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-120-4+5MIA AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1629223097
CHA2817262192
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 39, 27, 21, 31, 27, 42, 23, 27MIA27 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Daequan CookPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 2, 5, 0, 0, 6, 4, 13, 16MIA16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 30, 3, 21, 14, 23, 21, 20, 21CHA21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 14, 9, 14, 20, 6, 16, 14, 16CHA16 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Second story · MIN @ UTA

Minnesota turns it around against Utah

From 10 down at the half to a 1-point win: 103–102. Ryan Gomes led Minnesota with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs UTA
Ryan Gomes · MINDeron Williams · UTAPTS2534REB82AST311Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 68 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg12.6Last 3

12.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 43

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 32, 27, 19, 22, 26, 15, 30, 43NOH @ GSW · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high43 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 32, 19, 9, 17, 30, 26, 15, 39GSW vs NOH · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 22, 12, 8, 24, 29, 18, 26, 35POR @ OKC · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 23, 23, 26, 26, 20, 23, 30, 35DAL @ MEM · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 35, 18, 21, 28, 32, 31, 31, 35IND vs SAS · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 24, 19, 25, 21, 24, 16, 18, 34UTA vs MIN · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 11 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
Brandon RushIND+6.7 14.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
JR SmithDEN+5.7 20.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
Anthony MorrowGSW+5.6 15.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−5.7 21.5 last 10 · 27.2 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mehmet OkurUTA−5.1 12.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.1 7.4 last 10 · 11.5 season