FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 8, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAS by 17 after the first quarter and won 95–83.

Final
WAS86
CLE98
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +12
Final
TOR101
IND130
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +26; Q3 IND +41; Q4 IND +29
Final
MEM78
ORL81
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +3
Final
POR95
SAS83
Q1 POR -17; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +12
Final
NJN104
BOS106
Q1 BOS -10; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +2
Final
DET113
NYK86
Q1 DET +17; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +28; Q4 DET +27
Final
ATL113
MIL105
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +8
Final
PHX105
NOH100
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +5
Final
OKC112
DEN122
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +10
Final
UTA101
DAL130
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +29
Final
MIN105
GSW97
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +8
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 8, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (MIN @ CHA), 40 points.
The lead · POR @ SAS

Portland storms back from 17 down to beat San Antonio

The Trail Blazers trailed by 17 after one and won 95–83. Brandon Roy led Portland with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-2+3+12POR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1631232595
SAS3316181683
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 12, 26, 21, 25, 15, 22, 24, 26POR26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 24, 29, 18, 26, 35, 22, 15, 20POR20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Roger Mason Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 24, 18, 8, 0, 10, 0, 8, 13, 18SAS18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 42, 18, 20, 11, 31, 24, 21, 17SAS17 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Indiana by 29.

BOS over NJN2ORL over MEM3PHX over NOH5ATL over MIL8MIN over GSW8DEN over OKC10CLE over WAS12POR over SAS12DET over NYK27IND over TOR29DAL over UTA29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.9Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 69 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 67 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.1Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 5.1 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 33

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 20, 20, 36, 9, 12, 4, 15, 33NJN @ BOS · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 9, 14, 9, 9, 6, 21, 20, 31BOS vs NJN · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 29, 43, 31, 29, 23, 18, 23, 31DEN vs OKC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 26, 26, 20, 23, 30, 35, 28, 31DAL vs UTA · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 24, 18, 21, 31, 13, 25, 24, 31OKC @ DEN · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 9, 17, 30, 26, 15, 39, 20, 31GSW vs MIN · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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+6.9 14.3 last 10 · 7.4 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Glen DavisBOS+5.9 12.3 last 10 · 6.4 season
JR SmithDEN+5.8 20.7 last 10 · 14.9 season
Francisco GarciaSAC+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Larry HughesNYK−5.7 6.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−5.1 12.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.7 22.3 last 10 · 27.0 season