FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 14, 2010Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIN by 11 after three quarters and won 103–98.

Final
CLE83
ATL99
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +16
Final
MIL106
BOS95
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +11
Final
CHI98
CHA89
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +9
Final
SAS89
DAL96
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +7
Final
NOH123
HOU115
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +8
Final · 2OT
NJN86
MIA94
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +8
Final
DET103
MIN98
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET -11; Q4 DET +5
Final
MEM105
OKC114
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +22; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +9
Final
PHI111
ORL125
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +14
Final
NYK113
TOR131
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +18
Final
IND97
WAS98
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +1
Final
LAL91
LAC107
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +16
Final
GSW122
POR116
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW +6
Final
PHX100
UTA86
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +14
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 14, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ PHI), 31 points.
The lead · DET @ MIN

Detroit climbs out of an 11-point hole against Minnesota

Down 11 after three, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 35–19 and the game 103–98. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 20 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-2-10-11+5DET AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET27212035103
MIN2929211998
Who led
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 17, 17, 17, 14, 28, 8, 17, 20DET20 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 6, 8, 25, 10, 11, 12, 16, 16DET16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 19, 1, 18, 17, 4, 7, 11, 27MIN27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 18, 19, 19, 12, 16, 5, 13, 16MIN16 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
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
17.2Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 79 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 77 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+38.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 15 assists.

Second story · IND @ WAS

Washington takes over late to edge Indiana

Down 6 after three, Washington won the fourth 24–17. Final: 98–97. Andray Blatche led Washington with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over IND1DET over MIN5GSW over POR6DAL over SAS7NOH over HOU8MIA over NJN8CHI over CHA9OKC over MEM9MIL over BOS11ORL over PHI14PHX over UTA14ATL over CLE16LAC over LAL16TOR over NYK18Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over IND.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 42

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 15, 29, 27, 27, 29, 25, 17, 42GSW @ POR · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anfernee Hardaway ORL, Nov 8, 1995: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Career high42 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 20, 18, 13, 25, 13, 19, 10, 35NOH @ HOU · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 39, 28, 30, 21, 14, 27, 14, 34GSW @ POR · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 23, 40, 45, 33, 35, 40, 30, 31OKC vs MEM · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 10, 3, 20, 15, 12, 16, 12, 29IND @ WAS · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Henry WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 14, 18, 10, 15, 10, 18, 9, 28NYK @ TOR · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 7 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
Andray BlatcheWAS+8.5 22.6 last 10 · 14.1 season
Shaun LivingstonWAS+7.5 14.4 last 10 · 6.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.9 24.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.6 15.0 last 10 · 8.4 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
Carmelo AnthonyDEN−4.8 23.4 last 10 · 28.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.6 22.4 last 10 · 27.0 season
Hakim WarrickCHI−4.1 5.5 last 10 · 9.6 season