FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 12, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 117–107.

Final
ORL118
IND98
Q1 ORL +24; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +20
Final
MIA107
PHI105
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +2
Final
TOR111
DET97
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +14
Final
CHA105
NJN95
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +15; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +10
Final
WAS103
NYK114
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK +11
Final
ATL104
MIL96
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +8
Final
MIN111
SAS133
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +22
Final
MEM101
DEN123
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +22
Final
OKC95
POR103
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +8
Final
HOU117
SAC107
Q1 HOU -12; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +10
Final
DAL117
LAC94
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +30; Q4 DAL +23
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 12, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs NYK), 55 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAC

Kevin Martin scores 39, Houston rallies past Sacramento

Houston trailed by 12 after one and won 117–107.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-12-5+3+10HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU28342629117
SAC40271822107
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 19, 8, 3, 29, 28, 9, 8, 39HOU39 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 2, 12, 7, 12, 7, 17, 11, 29HOU29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 15, 17, 20, 6, 22, 28, 27, 24SAC24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 17, 17, 22, 14, 20, 14, 30, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 72 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg44.3Today

44 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 23.

MIA over PHI2ATL over MIL8POR over OKC8CHA over NJN10HOU over SAC10NYK over WAS11TOR over DET14ORL over IND20SAS over MIN22DEN over MEM22DAL over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Martin 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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 19, 8, 3, 29, 28, 9, 8, 39HOU @ SAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 21, 23, 18, 11, 17, 15, 18, 33TOR @ DET · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 17, 20, 14, 25, 13, 18, 20, 31ATL @ MIL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 11, 9, 12, 2, 2, 2, 10, 30POR vs OKC · W
7.5 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 37, 23, 40, 45, 33, 35, 40, 30OKC @ POR · L
30.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 30, 32, 10, 43, 39, 22, 19, 32, 30MIA @ PHI · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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 22.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Shaun LivingstonWAS+7.9 14.8 last 10 · 6.9 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+7.6 16.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Mike ConleyMEM+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.1 22.6 last 10 · 16.5 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
Kobe BryantLAL−4.6 22.4 last 10 · 27.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN−4.4 23.7 last 10 · 28.1 season