FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 3, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 98–90.

Final · OT
TOR128
PHI123
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +5
Final
DET85
ATL91
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +6
Final
NOH87
NJN115
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +28
Final
CHA88
CHI96
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MIA97
MIN84
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +13
Final
OKC121
DAL116
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +5
Final
PHX98
MIL107
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +24; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +9
Final
LAC90
DEN98
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +8
Final
POR98
SAC87
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +11
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 3, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (NOH @ GSW), 43 points.
The lead · LAC @ DEN

Denver rallies from 9 down to beat Clippers

Trailing by 9 after one, Denver outscored the Clippers 73–56 the rest of the way. Final: 98–90. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-9-8+5+8DEN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC3421161990
DEN2522292298
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 29, 36, 32, 25, 26, 10, 25, 24DEN24 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 7, 10, 7, 20, 13, 14, 22, 18DEN18 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 14, 23, 16, 14, 20, 8, 9, 23LAC23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 20, 12, 22, 4, 9, 17, 22, 14LAC14 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · OKC @ DAL

OKC beats Dallas, 121–116

OKC led 94–85 after three and won by 5. Kevin Durant led OKC with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over PHI5OKC over DAL5ATL over DET6CHI over CHA8DEN over LAC8MIL over PHX9POR over SAC11MIA over MIN13NJN over NOH28Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 71 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 39

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: 28, 36, 14, 27, 12, 30, 32, 10, 43, 39MIA @ MIN · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 17, 11, 23, 14, 25, 21, 14, 33PHI vs TOR · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 16, 18, 15, 13, 34, 28, 24, 30DAL vs OKC · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 19, 21, 11, 12, 17, 14, 17, 29ATL vs DET · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 36, 21, 20, 18, 19, 22, 34, 28TOR @ PHI · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 25, 3, 23, 27, 12, 7, 21, 23, 24, 26CHI vs CHA · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+10.1 26.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
John SalmonsMIL+6.5 21.6 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+6.2 14.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.2 14.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Danny GrangerIND+5.7 29.9 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.5 4.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.9 13.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Omri CasspiSAC−4.9 5.6 last 10 · 10.5 season