FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 11, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed OKC by 17 after the first quarter and won 120–117.

Final
ORL98
CLE92
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +6
Final
POR91
LAL88
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +3
Final
MIA111
NYK98
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +13
Final
CHI104
TOR88
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +16
Final
MIN86
NOH114
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +19; Q3 NOH +19; Q4 NOH +28
Final
OKC117
GSW120
Q1 GSW -17; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +3
Final
HOU106
PHX116
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +10
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 11, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI vs CHA), 39 points.
The lead · OKC @ GSW

Golden State storms back from 17 down to beat OKC

The Warriors trailed by 17 after one and won 120–117. Monta Ellis led Golden State with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Kevin Durant scored 40 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-7-4+3GSW AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC42212727117
GSW25313034120
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 13, 28, 39, 28, 30, 21, 14, 27GSW27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 18, 15, 15, 29, 27, 27, 29, 25GSW25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 26, 37, 23, 40, 45, 33, 35, 40OKC40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 10, 21, 17, 10, 27, 21, 8, 20OKC20 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 77 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

New Orleans posts the night's biggest win

New Orleans beat Minnesota by 28, the widest margin of 7 games.

POR over LAL3GSW over OKC3ORL over CLE6PHX over HOU10MIA over NYK13CHI over TOR16NOH over MIN28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 40

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: 26, 29, 26, 37, 23, 40, 45, 33, 35, 40OKC @ GSW · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Dec 2, 2000: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 37, 18, 30, 21, 15, 29, 22, 29, 24, 35PHX vs HOU · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 30, 32, 10, 43, 39, 22, 19, 32MIA @ NYK · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 16, 17, 27, 15, 17, 24, 12, 30HOU @ PHX · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 13, 28, 39, 28, 30, 21, 14, 27GSW vs OKC · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 16, 20, 37, 29, 13, 16, 11, 26NYK vs MIA · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Andray BlatcheWAS+8.0 21.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.6 24.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Shaun LivingstonWAS+7.1 13.6 last 10 · 6.5 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.6 14.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.0 23.2 last 10 · 17.2 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−5.3 4.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.9 11.1 last 10 · 16.0 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season