FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 8, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAL by 1 after three quarters and won 98–96.

Final
CLE108
CHI109
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +1
Final
LAC94
SAC116
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +22
Final
LAL96
DEN98
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +2
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 8, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN @ BOS), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ DEN

Carmelo Anthony scores 31, Denver holds off Lakers

Final: 98–96. Carmelo Anthony added 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+10-1+2DEN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2027272296
DEN2235162598
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 32, 25, 26, 10, 25, 24, 24, 31DEN31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 21, 16, 13, 27, 15, 8, 10, 26DEN26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 10, 9, 30, 26, 16, 14, 32, 26LAL26 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 16, 2, 7, 14, 15, 8, 8, 22LAL22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ CHI

Chicago holds off Cleveland, 109–108

Chicago led 82–80 after three and held on to win by one. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over CLE1DEN over LAL2SAC over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 67 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 72 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Mo Williams leads the day with 35

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.
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 8, 6, 5, 21, 24, 17, 14, 35CLE @ CHI · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 32, 25, 26, 10, 25, 24, 24, 31DEN vs LAL · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 29, 25, 15, 17, 20, 6, 22, 28SAC vs LAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 10, 9, 30, 26, 16, 14, 32, 26LAL @ DEN · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 21, 16, 13, 27, 15, 8, 10, 26DEN vs LAL · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 12, 7, 21, 23, 24, 26, 12, 24CHI vs CLE · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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−4.8 5.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Lou WilliamsPHI−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season