FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 9, 2011Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ATL83
WAS115
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +32
Final
LAC78
HOU99
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +21
Final
CLE101
MIL108
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +7
Final
UTA102
SAS111
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +9
Final
MIN106
DEN130
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +32; Q4 DEN +24
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 9, 2010: 13 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ POR), 40 points.
The lead · CLE @ MIL

John Salmons scores 32 in Milwaukee win over Cleveland

Final: 108–101. John Salmons added 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+16+7+7MIL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE18263423101
MIL30302523108
Who led
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 9, 5, 8, 19, 9, 17, 10, 32MIL32 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 2, 22, 8, 12, 18, 9, 12, 15MIL15 PTS · 13 REB · 13 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 10, 11, 10, 22, 11, 19, 10, 19CLE19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 11, 24, 26, 10, 18, 15, 13, 15CLE15 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · UTA @ SAS

San Antonio controls Utah start to finish

San Antonio won 111–102, leading by as many as 13 at a break. Richard Jefferson led San Antonio with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over CLE7SAS over UTA9HOU over LAC21DEN over MIN24WAS over ATL32Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ty Lawson leads the day with 37

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.
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 17, 20, 8, 5, 28, 9, 5, 37DEN vs MIN · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +25.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 9, 5, 8, 19, 9, 17, 10, 32MIL vs CLE · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 32, 22, 21, 15, 17, 11, 11, 10, 23UTA @ SAS · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 0, 14, 36, 25, 26, 23, 20, 23WAS vs ATL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 23, 20, 11, 16, 14, 12, 10, 21ATL @ WAS · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 13, 7, 14, 5, 12, 5, 9, 20SAS vs UTA · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+9.2 20.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+7.6 19.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jerryd BaylessTOR+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Maurice EvansWAS+6.1 12.4 last 10 · 6.3 season
JJ HicksonCLE+5.9 19.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−7.2 4.1 last 10 · 11.3 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
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season