FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 11, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 10 after the first quarter and won 110–101.

Final
MIA98
ATL90
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +8
Final
CHA105
NJN103
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +2
Final
ORL95
PHI85
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +10
Final · OT
BOS94
WAS95
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +1
Final
CLE110
DET101
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +9
Final
TOR86
MIL93
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +7
Final
UTA90
NOH78
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +12
Final · OT
DAL98
HOU91
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +7
Final
GSW111
DEN134
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +23
Final · OT
MIN127
PHX135
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +8
Final
OKC120
SAC112
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC -6; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +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 11, 2010: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ GSW), 40 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Cleveland climbs out of a 10-point hole against Detroit

Down 10 after one, the Cavaliers won the second quarter 33–24 and the game 110–101. JJ Hickson led Cleveland with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-10-1+11+9CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE23333024110
DET33241826101
Who led
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 20, 21, 23, 16, 28, 22, 11, 20CLE20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 24, 26, 10, 18, 15, 13, 15, 17CLE17 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 11, 16, 24, 2, 22, 22, 24, 29DET29 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 10, 9, 4, 10, 12, 27, 14, 16DET16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 69 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg17.1Last 3

17.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg53Today

53 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Denver by 23.

WAS over BOS1CHA over NJN2MIL over TOR7DAL over HOU7MIA over ATL8PHX over MIN8OKC over SAC8CLE over DET9ORL over PHI10UTA over NOH12DEN over GSW23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 27, 35, 27, 31, 29, 23, 27, 34MIA @ ATL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 0, 21, 8, 9, 14, 13, 0, 9, 6, 33PHX vs MIN · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 22, 25, 23, 32, 29, 28, 31, 32OKC @ SAC · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 26, 11, 16, 30, 39, 27, 35, 31NJN vs CHA · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 16, 16, 9, 18, 26, 17, 26, 30OKC @ SAC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 11, 10, 17, 15, 15, 4, 15, 30SAC vs OKC · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Jerryd BaylessTOR+9.2 18.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+8.8 20.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+7.4 19.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Ed DavisTOR+6.0 13.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.9 15.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Brandon RoyPOR−6.3 6.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Ben GordonDET−6.2 5.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN−5.8 9.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Steve NashPHX−5.7 9.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season