FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 1, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ORL97
DAL82
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +15
Final
POR92
DEN109
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +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 · 2008–09Apr 1, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC @ GSW), 50 points.
The lead · ORL @ DAL

Orlando makes it three straight

Orlando beat Dallas 97–82 and moved to 53–22. Mickael Pietrus led Orlando with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+7+16+15ORL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL1825292597
DAL1620202682
Who led
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 7, 6, 3, 20, 3, 10, 4, 24ORL24 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 23, 24, 27, 17, 16, 13, 0, 19ORL19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 28, 16, 18, 15, 13, 34, 28, 24DAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 14, 15, 3, 2, 5, 2, 5, 16DAL16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · POR @ DEN

Denver leads Portland wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 109–92. Best quarter: the third, 31–21. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs POR
Carmelo Anthony · DENAndre Miller · PORPTS2524REB53AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 68 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 25

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 45, 29, 26, 29, 36, 32, 25, 26, 10, 25DEN vs POR · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 28, 16, 18, 15, 13, 34, 28, 24DAL vs ORL · L
24.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 13, 14, 22, 19, 8, 26, 6, 24POR @ DEN · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 7, 6, 3, 20, 3, 10, 4, 24ORL @ DAL · W
8.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 20, 7, 10, 7, 20, 13, 14, 22DEN vs POR · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 10, 29, 25, 12, 18, 18, 11, 21DEN vs POR · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 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
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.6 23.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.3 14.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.9 19.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
John SalmonsMIL+5.7 20.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Drew GoodenLAC+5.5 16.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.9 4.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.4 5.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chris KamanLAC−5.1 13.3 last 10 · 18.4 season