FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 6, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed CHI by 13 after the first quarter and won 79–74.

Final
ATL100
CHA109
Q1 CHA +20; Q2 CHA +23; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +9
Final
TOR101
CLE113
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +12
Final
DET124
PHI103
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +21
Final
GSW94
WAS112
Q1 WAS +17; Q2 WAS +25; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +18
Final
BOS101
NYK104
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +3
Final
MIL79
CHI74
Q1 MIL -13; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +5
Final
HOU113
MEM103
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +10
Final · OT
OKC139
UTA140
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +1
Final
SAS95
SAC86
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +9
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · MIL @ CHI

Milwaukee climbs out of a 13-point hole against Chicago

Down 13 after one, the Bucks won the second quarter 28–9 and the game 79–74. John Salmons led Milwaukee with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+6+9+5MIL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1428181979
CHI279152374
Who led
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 4, 23, 25, 9, 28, 28, 14, 26MIL26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 3, 6, 8, 20, 13, 7, 12, 17MIL17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 11, 31, 23, 13, 23, 6, 14, 14, 12, 16CHI16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 3, 23, 27, 12, 7, 21, 23, 24, 26, 12CHI12 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Second story · OKC @ UTA

Utah flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

OKC led 65–63 at the break. Tied 129–129 after regulation, Utah won the extra time 11–10. Final: 140–139. Deron Williams led Utah with 42 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · UTA vs OKC
Deron Williams · UTAKevin Durant · OKCPTS4245REB37AST104Top 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
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 70 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 45, 25, 26, 29, 26, 37, 23, 40, 45OKC @ UTA · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, May 2, 2003: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 22, 18, 21, 20, 23, 8, 20, 42UTA vs OKC · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tony Parker SAS, Mar 25, 2009: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Career high42 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 26, 28, 16, 9, 9, 29, 9, 31NYK vs BOS · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 29, 18, 17, 28, 19, 8, 3, 29HOU @ MEM · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 12, 10, 16, 4, 9, 10, 16, 29WAS vs GSW · W
8.0 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 19, 18, 22, 22, 26, 25, 20, 28UTA vs OKC · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 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+10.7 27.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
John SalmonsMIL+6.3 21.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.2 14.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.6 19.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+5.4 13.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.7 4.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.0 5.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Lou WilliamsPHI−4.5 9.8 last 10 · 14.3 season