FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 4, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed NYK by 7 after the first quarter and won 102–95.

Final
TOR102
NYK95
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +7
Final
NJN94
CHI103
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +9
Final
DET90
PHI95
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
ORL88
ATL82
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +6
Final
MIA118
WAS104
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +14
Final
MEM107
MIL102
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +5
Final
LAC104
DEN120
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +16
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 4, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (NOH vs NYK), 33 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

Toronto keeps rolling, beats New York

That is six in a row. Final: 102–95. Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-7-2+4+7TOR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR23252925102
NYK3020232295
Who led
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 21, 4, 27, 13, 27, 23, 14, 28, 16, 23TOR23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 18, 35, 16, 18, 21, 31, 24, 17TOR17 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 8, 10, 38, 23, 18, 24, 23, 22NYK22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 4, 16, 10, 15, 6, 8, 5, 22NYK22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · DET @ PHI

Philadelphia handles Detroit by 5

The 76ers won the fourth quarter 27–16. Final: 95–90. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over DET5MEM over MIL5ORL over ATL6TOR over NYK7CHI over NJN9MIA over WAS14DEN over LAC16Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 42 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 68 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 34

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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 40, 14, 16, 22, 10, 17, 28, 34DEN vs LAC · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 39, 27, 21, 31, 27, 42, 23, 27, 33MIA @ WAS · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 27, 25, 15, 25, 27, 19, 20, 31PHI vs DET · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 27, 23, 5, 11, 31, 31, 25, 27WAS vs MIA · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 15, 8, 23, 10, 21, 25, 27, 26MEM @ MIL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 16, 22, 13, 32, 29, 29, 17, 24MIL vs MEM · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 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
JR SmithDEN+7.1 22.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Brandon RushIND+6.7 14.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Flip MurrayATL+5.6 17.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Anthony MorrowGSW+5.6 15.1 last 10 · 9.5 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
Daequan CookMIA−4.2 5.1 last 10 · 9.3 season