FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 12, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NYK by 3 after the first quarter and won 103–90.

Final
CHI103
NYK90
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +13
Final
MEM89
POR102
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +13
Final
SAS93
LAL102
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +9
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 12, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (HOU @ SAC), 39 points.
The lead · CHI @ NYK

Chicago makes it eight straight

Chicago beat New York 103–90 and moved to 61–20. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 26 points, 0 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3+11+13CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI24283219103
NYK2728181790
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 23, 27, 36, 19, 30, 11, 39, 26CHI26 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 10, 15, 23CHI23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 39, 39, 25, 23, 31, 25, 34, 21NYK21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Henry WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 6, 2, 13, 8, 4, 10, 2, 18NYK18 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAS @ LAL

Lakers handle San Antonio by 9

The Lakers won the fourth quarter 32–29. Final: 102–93. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over SAS9CHI over NYK13POR over MEM13Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 79 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 27

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 28, 21, 28, 20, 25, 24, 31, 27LAL vs SAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 23, 27, 36, 19, 30, 11, 39, 26CHI @ NYK · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 10, 15, 23CHI @ NYK · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 16, 16, 17, 11, 8, 13, 7, 23LAL vs SAS · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 9, 24, 32, 18, 17, 12, 24, 22POR vs MEM · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 39, 39, 25, 23, 31, 25, 34, 21NYK vs CHI · L
25.6 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 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
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
Ben GordonDET−6.2 5.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR−6.0 6.2 last 10 · 12.2 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