FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 10, 2009Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by WAS (vs TOR) and MEM (vs PHX) and POR (vs LAL).

Final
CLE102
PHI92
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +10
Final
IND118
ATL122
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +4
Final
MIA98
BOS105
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +7
Final
NJN93
DET100
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +7
Final
PHX89
MEM106
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +17
Final
CHA81
OKC84
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +3
Final
NYK105
ORL95
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +10
Final
WAS100
TOR98
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +2
Final
NOH92
DAL100
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +8
Final
UTA99
SAS105
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +6
Final
LAL98
POR106
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +8
Final
HOU113
GSW109
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +4
Final
SAC78
LAC109
Q1 LAC +22; Q2 LAC +26; Q3 LAC +31; Q4 LAC +31
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 10, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DEN @ GSW), 33 points.
The lead · WAS @ TOR

Washington holds off Toronto, 100–98

Washington led 66–63 after three and held on to win by two. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-4+3+2WAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS16212934100
TOR2021223598
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 27, 21, 29, 28, 19, 23, 7, 24WAS24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 5, 11, 31, 31, 25, 27, 10, 21WAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 21, 31, 24, 17, 31, 21, 21, 21TOR21 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jason KaponoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 15, 7, 6, 8, 3, 8, 8, 20TOR20 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.1Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 70 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Clippers rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Sacramento by 31.

WAS over TOR2OKC over CHA3ATL over IND4HOU over GSW4SAS over UTA6BOS over MIA7DET over NJN7DAL over NOH8POR over LAL8CLE over PHI10NYK over ORL10MEM over PHX17LAC over SAC31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 42

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 26, 15, 30, 43, 19, 26, 29, 42NOH @ DAL · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 28, 32, 31, 31, 35, 24, 29, 35IND @ ATL · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 17, 25, 30, 20, 18, 22, 33, 32LAL @ POR · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 11, 21, 14, 27, 6, 30, 26, 32GSW vs HOU · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 42, 18, 20, 11, 31, 24, 21, 17, 31SAS vs UTA · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 31, 27, 42, 23, 27, 33, 32, 31MIA @ BOS · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 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+7.3 14.8 last 10 · 7.5 season
Glen DavisBOS+7.1 13.7 last 10 · 6.6 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Mike ConleyMEM+5.5 16.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−7.0 14.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.1 5.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−5.9 11.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mickael PietrusORL−5.2 4.0 last 10 · 9.2 season