FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 9, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 113–99.

Final
PHI99
CHI113
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +14
Final
HOU115
SAC98
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +17
Final
DEN102
LAL116
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +14
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 9, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Charlie Villanueva (MIL @ TOR), 38 points.
The lead · PHI @ CHI

Chicago makes it three straight

Chicago beat Philadelphia 113–99 and moved to 39–40. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-70+10+14CHI AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2921222799
CHI22283231113
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 19, 18, 25, 37, 12, 18, 17, 24CHI24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tyrus ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 18, 15, 18, 11, 20, 9, 18, 24CHI24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 7, 13, 18, 18, 21, 7, 23, 20PHI20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 25, 27, 19, 20, 31, 5, 19, 19PHI19 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAC

Houston beats Sacramento, 115–98

Houston led 85–74 after three and won by 17. Metta World Peace led Houston with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over PHI14LAL over DEN14HOU over SAC17Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg43.5Today

44 minutes today, against 29.1 a game in 73 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 14, 17, 25, 30, 20, 18, 22, 33LAL vs DEN · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 36, 21, 16, 15, 23, 14, 26, 27LAL vs DEN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 24, 13, 13, 28, 21, 15, 16, 26HOU @ SAC · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 19, 18, 25, 37, 12, 18, 17, 24CHI vs PHI · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tyrus ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 18, 15, 18, 11, 20, 9, 18, 24CHI vs PHI · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 43, 31, 29, 23, 18, 23, 31, 23DEN @ LAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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
Andrew BynumLAL+5.9 20.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Glen DavisBOS+5.9 12.3 last 10 · 6.4 season
Francisco GarciaSAC+5.6 18.5 last 10 · 12.9 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
Mickael PietrusORL−4.5 4.9 last 10 · 9.4 season