FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 7, 2010Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by DEN (vs OKC) and DET (vs ATL).

Final
NYK105
IND113
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +8
Final
WAS94
ORL121
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +27
Final
BOS115
TOR104
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +11
Final
ATL88
DET90
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET -7; Q4 DET +2
Final
PHI95
MIA99
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +4
Final
UTA96
HOU113
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +17
Final
NJN89
MIL108
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +19
Final
GSW116
MIN107
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +9
Final
CHA104
NOH103
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +22; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +1
Final
DEN98
OKC94
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +4
Final
MEM84
DAL110
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +26
Final
POR93
LAC85
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +8
Final
SAS101
PHX112
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +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 7, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs NOH), 32 points.
The lead · ATL @ DET

Detroit takes over late to edge Atlanta

Down 7 after three, Detroit won the fourth 25–16. Final: 90–88. Ben Gordon led Detroit with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+50-7+2DET AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2028241688
DET2523172590
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 12, 8, 3, 9, 21, 0, 13, 22DET22 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 11, 4, 4, 13, 4, 13, 10, 17DET17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 11, 12, 17, 14, 17, 29, 18, 19ATL19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 15, 7, 6, 17ATL17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Washington by 27.

CHA over NOH1DET over ATL2MIA over PHI4DEN over OKC4IND over NYK8POR over LAC8GSW over MIN9BOS over TOR11PHX over SAS11HOU over UTA17MIL over NJN19DAL over MEM26ORL over WAS27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Marcus Thornton leads the day with 36

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.
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 28, 20, 8, 18, 15, 19, 18, 36NOH vs CHA · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Anthony TolliverPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 12, 10, 19, 17, 10, 12, 10, 34GSW @ MIN · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 45, 25, 26, 29, 26, 37, 23, 40, 45, 33OKC vs DEN · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 32, 31, 44, 18, 33, 25, 18, 33IND vs NYK · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 25, 12, 18, 18, 11, 21, 14, 29DEN @ OKC · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 44, 18, 37, 18, 30, 21, 15, 29, 22, 29PHX vs SAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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+9.5 26.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
John SalmonsMIL+5.8 21.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.6 19.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.4 18.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+5.3 13.3 last 10 · 8.0 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−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season