FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 1, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed HOU by 10 after three quarters and won 104–102.

Final
CHI78
OKC92
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +29; Q4 OKC +14
Final
MIA72
BOS91
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +24; Q4 BOS +19
Final
DEN104
ORL101
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +3
Final
WAS92
TOR99
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +7
Final · OT
IND104
HOU102
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND -10; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
NOH75
PHX92
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +17
Final
MIN106
POR119
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +13
Final
GSW112
LAL120
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 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 · 2010–11Apr 1, 2011: 13 games. Top scorer: Andray Blatche (WAS vs CLE), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ HOU

Danny Granger scores 32, Indiana wins in overtime

Tied 93–93 after regulation. Final: 104–102.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4+2-100+2IND AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND2717193011104
HOU231931209102
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 16, 28, 15, 25, 5, 25, 18, 32IND32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 19, 19, 16, 11, 5, 9, 15, 15IND15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 16, 16, 17, 24, 14, 17, 25, 22HOU22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 2, 23, 7, 15, 16, 10, 17, 20HOU20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Boston by 19.

IND over HOU2DEN over ORL3TOR over WAS7LAL over GSW8POR over MIN13OKC over CHI14PHX over NOH17BOS over MIA19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 52 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg42.1Today

42 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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: 28, 15, 29, 30, 18, 18, 30, 23, 11, 40LAL vs GSW · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Sam Cassell MIN, May 4, 2004: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 16, 28, 15, 25, 5, 25, 18, 32IND @ HOU · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 25, 12, 22, 16, 23, 28, 27, 27GSW @ LAL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 13, 9, 9, 10, 18, 17, 24, 27ORL vs DEN · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 28, 23, 19, 45, 13, 32, 36, 27OKC vs CHI · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 21, 27, 10, 16, 19, 13, 21, 26LAL vs GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+7.6 18.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Goran DragicHOU+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.2 16.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+4.9 26.1 last 10 · 21.2 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+4.6 15.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−5.6 14.8 last 10 · 20.4 season
Steve NashPHX−4.8 7.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−4.6 12.9 last 10 · 17.5 season
Rajon RondoBOS−4.3 8.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season