FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 13, 2011Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 12 after the first quarter and won 100–93.

Final
NYK102
BOS112
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +10
Final
ATL85
CHA96
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +11
Final
NJN92
CHI97
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +5
Final
WAS93
CLE100
Q1 CLE -12; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +7
Final
NOH89
DAL121
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +32
Final
HOU121
MIN102
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +19
Final · OT
MIL110
OKC106
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL -10; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +4
Final
IND74
ORL92
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +24; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +18
Final
DET104
PHI100
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +4
Final
MIA97
TOR79
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +18
Final
DEN103
UTA107
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +4
Final
POR86
GSW110
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +24
Final
MEM103
LAC110
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +29; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +7
Final
SAS103
PHX106
Q1 PHX +16; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +3
Final · OT
LAL116
SAC108
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 13, 2010: 4 games. Top scorer: Derrick Rose (CHI vs BOS), 39 points.
The lead · WAS @ CLE

Cleveland rallies from 12 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 12 after one, Cleveland outscored the Wizards 77–58 the rest of the way. Final: 100–93. Ramon Sessions led Cleveland with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 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 Q3Final0-12-3-3+7CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3515241993
CLE23242429100
Who led
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 26, 10, 18, 15, 13, 15, 17, 27CLE27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 21, 23, 16, 28, 22, 11, 20, 15CLE15 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 0, 14, 36, 25, 26, 23, 20, 23, 16, 20WAS20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Maurice EvansPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 7, 11, 20, 0, 4, 10, 2, 15WAS15 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 70 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg4.5Last 3

4.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Four of 15 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat New Orleans by 32.

PHX over SAS3MIL over OKC4DET over PHI4UTA over DEN4CHI over NJN5CLE over WAS7LAC over MEM7LAL over SAC8BOS over NYK10CHA over ATL11ORL over IND18MIA over TOR18HOU over MIN19GSW over POR24DAL over NOH32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 21, 28, 20, 25, 24, 31, 27, 36LAL @ SAC · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 15, 12, 11, 6, 12, 16, 6, 35HOU @ MIN · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Eddie HousePoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 1, 4, 3, 0, 0, 6, 7, 35MIA @ TOR · W
6.6 PPG season to date · +28.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 12, 13, 20, 20, 24, 14, 26, 34MIN vs HOU · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 12, 7, 19, 22, 10, 9, 14, 34UTA vs DEN · W
5.5 PPG season to date · +28.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 11, 15, 21, 9, 18, 21, 21, 33SAC vs LAL · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 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
Jerryd BaylessTOR+10.2 19.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+8.3 20.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+7.2 20.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+6.4 16.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Dante CunninghamCHA+6.0 12.2 last 10 · 6.2 season
Cold
Steve NashPHX−6.7 8.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Eric GordonLAC−6.4 15.9 last 10 · 22.3 season
Ben GordonDET−6.0 5.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR−6.0 6.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season