FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 12, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed SAC by 7 at halftime and won 95–92.

Final
DAL92
NOH102
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +10
Final
BOS76
CLE107
Q1 CLE +22; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +31
Final
NYK105
MIA122
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +17
Final
PHI104
TOR111
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +7
Final
SAS95
SAC92
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +3
Final
MEM75
LAL92
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +17
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 12, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND vs CHA), 37 points.
The lead · SAS @ SAC

San Antonio takes over late to edge Sacramento

Down 3 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 21–15. Final: 95–92. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-7-3+3SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2430202195
SAC2536161592
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 42, 18, 20, 11, 31, 24, 21, 17, 31, 25SAS25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Roger Mason Jr.Points, last 10 games: 18, 8, 0, 10, 0, 8, 13, 18, 16, 22SAS22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 17, 11, 22, 5, 21, 22, 8, 24SAC24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 19, 22, 29, 10, 19, 17, 8, 12SAC12 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Boston by 31, the widest margin of 6 games.

SAS over SAC3TOR over PHI7NOH over DAL10MIA over NYK17LAL over MEM17CLE over BOS31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 80 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 72 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 55

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: 21, 31, 27, 42, 23, 27, 33, 32, 31, 55MIA vs NYK · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high55 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 15, 30, 43, 19, 26, 29, 42, 31NOH vs DAL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 17 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 40, 19, 31, 23, 20, 28, 20, 31NOH vs DAL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 20, 23, 30, 35, 28, 31, 25, 29DAL @ NOH · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 25, 31, 26, 38, 21, 27, 29CLE vs BOS · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 11, 6, 17, 14, 13, 25, 23, 28MIA vs NYK · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 16 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+8.1 15.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Glen DavisBOS+7.5 14.2 last 10 · 6.7 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.8 19.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Anthony MorrowGSW+5.8 15.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−7.0 14.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−6.6 10.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Larry HughesNYK−5.4 6.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season