FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 13, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by TOR (vs WAS) and CHI (vs DET) and DEN (vs SAC).

Final
CLE117
IND109
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +8
Final
TOR97
WAS96
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +1
Final
CHI91
DET88
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +3
Final
CHA87
NJN91
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN -5; Q4 NJN +4
Final
ORL80
MIL98
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +18
Final
MIN94
DAL96
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +2
Final
NOH66
HOU86
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +20
Final
SAC98
DEN118
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +20
Final
LAC85
UTA106
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +21
Final
MEM110
PHX119
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +9
Final
OKC83
POR113
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +31; Q3 POR +30; Q4 POR +30
Final
SAS101
GSW72
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +29
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 13, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DEN vs HOU), 33 points.
The lead · TOR @ WAS

Toronto fights back late to top Washington

Washington led 80–72 after three. Toronto won the fourth 25–16 and the game 97–96. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+80-8+1TOR AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR3122192597
WAS2330271696
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 24, 17, 31, 21, 21, 21, 22, 25TOR25 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 17, 12, 13, 18, 4, 7, 14, 25TOR25 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 5, 11, 31, 31, 25, 27, 10, 21, 28WAS28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 21, 29, 28, 19, 23, 7, 24, 23WAS23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 30.

TOR over WAS1DAL over MIN2CHI over DET3NJN over CHA4CLE over IND8PHX over MEM9MIL over ORL18HOU over NOH20DEN over SAC20UTA over LAC21SAS over GSW29POR over OKC30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 75 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg22.9Last 3

22.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 72 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 5.2 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 45

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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 10, 17, 28, 34, 12, 14, 19, 45DEN vs SAC · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +30.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high45 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 31, 31, 35, 24, 29, 35, 24, 38IND vs CLE · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 25, 31, 26, 38, 21, 27, 29, 37CLE @ IND · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 23, 30, 35, 28, 31, 25, 29, 34DAL vs MIN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Ike DioguPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 3, 4, 0, 0, 4, 13, 8, 32SAC @ DEN · L
3.4 PPG season to date · +29.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 5, 11, 31, 31, 25, 27, 10, 21, 28WAS vs TOR · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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+9.1 17.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
Glen DavisBOS+7.5 14.2 last 10 · 6.7 season
JR SmithDEN+6.3 21.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Anthony MorrowGSW+6.2 15.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−8.4 12.9 last 10 · 21.3 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