FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 1, 2011Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed OKC by 10 after the first quarter and won 98–91.

Final
MIL88
IND89
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +1
Final
CHA77
ORL89
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +12
Final
NJN90
PHI115
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +29; Q4 PHI +25
Final
CLE107
WAS115
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +8
Final
CHI101
DET96
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +5
Final
BOS83
ATL88
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL +5
Final
MIA111
MIN92
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +19
Final
MEM93
NOH81
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +12
Final · OT
SAS114
HOU119
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
LAC98
PHX111
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +13
Final
OKC91
POR98
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +7
Final
DEN99
SAC90
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +9
Final
LAL96
UTA85
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +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 · 2009–10Apr 1, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs POR), 25 points.
The lead · OKC @ POR

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 32 in Portland win over OKC

Final: 98–91. LaMarcus Aldridge added 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-10-6+8+7POR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC3029112191
POR2033252098
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 18, 18, 22, 14, 20, 9, 24, 32POR32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 16, 25, 22, 21, 6, 10, 2, 19POR19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 25, 20, 29, 23, 21, 39, 22, 25OKC25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 21, 23, 11, 13, 8, 14, 22, 21OKC21 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 75 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Philadelphia posts the night's biggest win

Philadelphia beat New Jersey by 25, the widest margin of 13 games.

IND over MIL1CHI over DET5ATL over BOS5HOU over SAS5POR over OKC7WAS over CLE8DEN over SAC9LAL over UTA11ORL over CHA12MEM over NOH12PHX over LAC13MIA over MIN19PHI over NJN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Andray Blatche 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.
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 16, 15, 20, 20, 21, 0, 14, 36WAS vs CLE · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 21, 25, 34, 34, 29, 20, 18, 33HOU vs SAS · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 18, 18, 22, 14, 20, 9, 24, 32POR vs OKC · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 14, 32, 24, 39, 30, 24, 33, 32MIA @ MIN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 33, 9, 17, 19, 15, 20, 23, 31SAS @ HOU · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 15, 24, 6, 27, 15, 23, 19, 30DET vs CHI · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Jordan CrawfordWAS+11.8 22.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+9.4 21.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Maurice EvansWAS+6.6 12.6 last 10 · 6.0 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.1 15.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
JaVale McGeeWAS+5.7 15.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−6.6 5.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Brandon RoyPOR−6.1 6.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK−5.9 19.6 last 10 · 25.5 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.8 14.4 last 10 · 20.2 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season