FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 14, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed PHI by 8 at halftime and won 100–98.

Final
MIA79
ATL81
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +2
Final
BOS100
PHI98
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +2
Final
UTA112
LAL125
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +13
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 14, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND @ WAS), 35 points.
The lead · BOS @ PHI

Paul Pierce scores 31, Boston rallies past Philadelphia

Boston trailed by 8 at the half and won 100–98.

Game flow · BOS 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+1-8-5+2BOS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS27232822100
PHI2632251598
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 21, 27, 32, 21, 10, 28, 14, 31BOS31 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Tony AllenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 2, 3, 11, 2, 5, 1, 7, 18BOS18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 20, 31, 5, 19, 19, 26, 21, 25PHI25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 23, 22, 25, 29, 21, 22, 6, 18PHI18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 79 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.6Season avg17.9Last 3

17.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MIA @ ATL

Atlanta wins a tight one over Miami

81–79. Neither team led by more than 4 at any break. Flip Murray led Atlanta with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over MIA2BOS over PHI2LAL over UTA13Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over MIA.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 31

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 21, 27, 32, 21, 10, 28, 14, 31BOS @ PHI · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 34, 21, 18, 25, 26, 17, 25UTA @ LAL · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 20, 31, 5, 19, 19, 26, 21, 25PHI vs BOS · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 6, 17, 14, 13, 25, 23, 28, 23MIA @ ATL · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 15, 24, 27, 7, 16, 13, 18, 22LAL vs UTA · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 15, 23, 14, 26, 27, 12, 12, 20LAL vs UTA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 9 REB · 6 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+6.5 13.3 last 10 · 6.8 season
Andrew BynumLAL+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
JR SmithDEN+6.3 21.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 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