FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 5, 2011Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MEM by 9 after three quarters and won 82–81.

Final
SAS97
ATL90
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +7
Final
CHA89
CLE99
Q1 CLE +18; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +10
Final
MIN105
NJN107
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +2
Final
MIL72
ORL78
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +6
Final
DET105
WAS107
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +2
Final
PHI82
BOS99
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +17
Final
TOR118
NYK131
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +24; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +13
Final
PHX94
CHI97
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +3
Final
LAC82
MEM81
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -9; Q4 LAC +1
Final
SAC104
HOU101
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +3
Final
OKC101
DEN94
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +7
Final
GSW108
POR87
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +21
Final
UTA86
LAL85
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +1
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · LAC @ MEM

Clippers rally from 9 down to beat Memphis

Trailing by 9 after three, Clippers outscored the Grizzlies 23–13 the rest of the way. Final: 82–81. Mo Williams led Clippers with 16 points, 0 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-5-4-9+1LAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC1821202382
MEM2320251381
Who led
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 18, 17, 30, 9, 19, 9, 5, 16LAC16 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 17, 33, 22, 22, 25, 20, 26, 15LAC15 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 11, 9, 12, 12, 20, 10, 5, 20MEM20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 11, 11, 14, 11, 8, 13, 10, 14MEM14 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one Warriors rout

Six of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat Portland by 21.

LAC over MEM1UTA over LAL1NJN over MIN2WAS over DET2CHI over PHX3SAC over HOU3ORL over MIL6SAS over ATL7OKC over DEN7CLE over CHA10NYK over TOR13BOS over PHI17GSW over POR21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg22.2Last 3

22.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
5.02009–10 avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 2009–10 (28 games). Line: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan 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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 14, 19, 19, 7, 20, 26, 24, 36TOR @ NYK · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 29, 23, 21, 39, 22, 25, 23, 32OKC @ DEN · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 18, 10, 6, 22, 26, 11, 16, 30NJN vs MIN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 10, 15, 27, 37, 20, 16, 32, 30GSW @ POR · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 34, 34, 29, 20, 18, 33, 35, 30HOU vs SAC · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 13, 19, 21, 33, 24, 12, 16, 29GSW @ POR · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 20 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+10.1 21.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+9.8 22.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Maurice EvansWAS+7.5 13.8 last 10 · 6.3 season
JJ HicksonCLE+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
JaVale McGeeWAS+5.7 15.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Brandon RoyPOR−6.7 5.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Ben GordonDET−6.6 4.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eric GordonLAC−6.1 16.5 last 10 · 22.6 season
Jeff GreenBOS−6.0 7.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season