FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 8, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 16 after the first quarter and won 107–96.

Final
ATL102
IND114
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +12
Final
NYK116
NJN93
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +23
Final
TOR93
PHI98
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +5
Final
WAS88
BOS104
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +16
Final
CHI93
CLE82
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +11
Final
MIL100
DET110
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +10
Final
CHA103
MIA112
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +9
Final
SAC96
MEM101
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +5
Final
PHX97
NOH109
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +12
Final
DEN89
OKC104
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +15
Final
LAC96
DAL107
Q1 DAL -16; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +11
Final
LAL86
POR93
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +7
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 8, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Mo Williams (CLE @ CHI), 35 points.
The lead · LAC @ DAL

Dallas overcomes 16-point deficit, beats Clippers 107–96

The Mavericks trailed by 16 after one and finished 88–61. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-7+2+11DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC3519212196
DAL19283030107
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 19, 15, 24, 27, 16, 16, 20, 20DAL20 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 2, 7, 4, 0, 2, 4, 13, 20DAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 30, 9, 19, 9, 5, 16, 16, 29LAC29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 22, 22, 25, 20, 26, 15, 35, 23LAC23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 67 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · TOR @ PHI

Philadelphia never trails at a break against Toronto

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 98–93. Elton Brand led Philadelphia with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over TOR5MEM over SAC5POR over LAL7MIA over CHA9DET over MIL10CHI over CLE11DAL over LAC11IND over ATL12NOH over PHX12OKC over DEN15BOS over WAS16NYK over NJN23Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over TOR.
Top performances

Willie Green leads the day with 31

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.
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 0, 0, 15, 6, 12, 6, 9, 2, 31NOH vs PHX · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 37, 13, 26, 25, 20, 13, 8, 9, 31MIL @ DET · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 30, 9, 19, 9, 5, 16, 16, 29LAC @ DAL · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 20, 14, 18, 17, 17, 15, 25, 28IND vs ATL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 21, 39, 22, 25, 23, 32, 29, 28OKC vs DEN · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 13, 16, 23, 20, 28, 22, 14, 27MEM vs SAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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+10.9 22.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+7.6 19.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jerryd BaylessTOR+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
JJ HicksonCLE+6.4 20.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Maurice EvansWAS+5.9 12.1 last 10 · 6.2 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−7.2 4.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Eric GordonLAC−6.5 15.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR−6.3 6.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jeff GreenBOS−6.2 7.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN−5.8 9.3 last 10 · 15.1 season