FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 5, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed SAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 105–100.

Final
SAS81
CLE101
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +20
Final
PHX116
DAL140
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +30; Q4 DAL +24
Final
CHA97
DET104
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +7
Final
NYK112
TOR103
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +9
Final
POR88
HOU102
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +14
Final
DEN110
MIN87
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +23
Final
UTA108
NOH94
Q1 UTA +22; Q2 UTA +27; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +14
Final
IND117
OKC99
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +23; Q4 IND +18
Final
PHI67
NJN96
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +29
Final
GSW105
SAC100
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +5
Final
LAC85
LAL88
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +3
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 5, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs SAC), 47 points.
The lead · GSW @ SAC

Kelenna Azubuike scores 30 as Golden State wins in Sacramento

Final: 105–100. Kelenna Azubuike made 8 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+8+17+5GSW AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW18323619105
SAC23192731100
Who led
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 16, 13, 11, 21, 14, 27, 6, 30GSW30 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 19, 9, 17, 30, 26, 15, 39, 20GSW20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 12, 10, 6, 19, 0, 2, 5, 17SAC17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 20, 12, 5, 16, 8, 18, 3, 16SAC16 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New Jersey posts the night's biggest win

New Jersey beat Philadelphia by 29, the widest margin of 11 games.

LAL over LAC3GSW over SAC5DET over CHA7NYK over TOR9HOU over POR14UTA over NOH14IND over OKC18CLE over SAS20DEN over MIN23DAL over PHX24NJN over PHI29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 69 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 64 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 30, 22, 25, 24, 25, 31, 26, 38CLE vs SAS · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 20, 25, 9, 12, 8, 7, 8, 32DET vs CHA · W
6.8 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 35, 16, 18, 21, 31, 24, 17, 31TOR vs NYK · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 16, 13, 11, 21, 14, 27, 6, 30GSW @ SAC · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 23, 26, 26, 20, 23, 30, 35, 28DAL vs PHX · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 24, 30, 24, 18, 21, 31, 13, 25OKC vs IND · L
25.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 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
Brandon RushIND+7.1 14.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Grant HillPHX+6.5 18.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
JR SmithDEN+6.5 21.4 last 10 · 14.9 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Flip MurrayATL+5.6 17.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.8 22.2 last 10 · 27.0 season
Daequan CookMIA−4.2 5.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.1 8.0 last 10 · 12.1 season