FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 7, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MEM by 12 at halftime and won 96–93.

Final
PHI98
CHA101
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +3
Final
ATL118
TOR110
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +8
Final · OT
NOH93
MIA87
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +6
Final
POR96
MEM93
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +3
Final
SAS99
OKC89
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +10
Final
NYK103
CHI110
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +7
Final
ORL83
HOU93
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +10
Final
LAL122
SAC104
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +18
Final
MIN87
LAC77
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · POR @ MEM

Portland rallies from 12 down to beat Memphis

Trailing by 12 at the half, Portland outscored the Grizzlies 61–46 the rest of the way. Final: 96–93. Brandon Roy led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final00-12-2+3POR AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2114322996
MEM2126222493
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 30, 12, 26, 21, 25, 15, 22, 24POR24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 8, 24, 29, 18, 26, 35, 22, 15POR15 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 21, 6, 12, 24, 18, 19, 12, 31MEM31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 8, 23, 10, 21, 25, 27, 26, 19MEM19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ OKC

OKC's skid reaches three

San Antonio won 99–89; the Thunder fall to 21–56. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · OKC
Lvs CHI96–103Lvs UTA94–101W@ MIN97–90Lvs LAL89–107L@ TOR96–112L@ BOS84–103W@ SAS96–95Lvs POR72–107Lvs IND99–117Lvs SAS89–99OKC: last 10 games through Apr 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 76 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg17.5Last 3

17.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 50 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg47.8Today

48 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 21, 31, 27, 42, 23, 27, 33, 32MIA vs NOH · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 14, 20, 6, 16, 14, 16, 18, 32CHA vs PHI · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 21, 6, 12, 24, 18, 19, 12, 31MEM vs POR · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 30, 3, 21, 14, 23, 21, 20, 21, 11, 29CHA vs PHI · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 8, 19, 18, 17, 25, 7, 24, 28LAC vs MIN · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 19, 22, 26, 15, 30, 43, 19, 26NOH @ MIA · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 9 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
Francisco GarciaSAC+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 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−4.7 22.3 last 10 · 27.0 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.5 7.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Daequan CookMIA−4.2 5.1 last 10 · 9.3 season