FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 3, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed ATL by 9 at halftime and won 114–109.

Final
PHX97
SAS114
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +17
Final
DEN95
LAL90
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +5
Final
DET90
BOS101
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +11
Final
WAS97
CHA91
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +6
Final
MIA108
NJN94
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +14
Final
CLE107
NYK123
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +16
Final
UTA97
SAC106
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +9
Final
ORL98
TOR102
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +4
Final
ATL109
HOU114
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +5
Final
IND96
NOH108
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +24; Q4 NOH +12
Final
DAL96
POR104
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +8
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 3, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ MIN), 39 points.
The lead · ATL @ HOU

Kevin Martin scores 35, Houston rallies past Atlanta

Houston trailed by 9 at the half and won 114–109.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-9+5+5HOU AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL23401828109
HOU21333228114
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 25, 34, 34, 29, 20, 18, 33, 35HOU35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chuck HayesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 11, 7, 13, 6, 8, 8, 10, 19HOU19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 12, 9, 17, 13, 13, 12, 18, 19, 25ATL25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 17, 14, 33, 22, 13, 26, 6, 21ATL21 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 63 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg40.5Today

41 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: San Antonio by 17.

TOR over ORL4DEN over LAL5HOU over ATL5WAS over CHA6POR over DAL8SAC over UTA9BOS over DET11NOH over IND12MIA over NJN14NYK over CLE16SAS over PHX17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Martin 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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 25, 34, 34, 29, 20, 18, 33, 35HOU vs ATL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 43, 33, 19, 32, 33, 27, 35, 27, 31MIA @ NJN · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 16, 28, 33, 21, 29, 17, 26, 31ORL @ TOR · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 8, 7, 9, 30, 27, 6, 5, 29SAS vs PHX · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 18, 22, 42, 37, 30, 28, 21, 28LAL vs DEN · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 25, 16, 13, 28, 14, 20, 23, 28NYK vs CLE · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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+11.0 22.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+8.5 20.6 last 10 · 12.1 season
Maurice EvansWAS+7.2 13.3 last 10 · 6.1 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.1 15.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
JaVale McGeeWAS+6.0 16.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Brandon RoyPOR−7.2 5.6 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ben GordonDET−6.3 5.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ryan GomesLAC−5.4 1.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.4 14.8 last 10 · 20.2 season