FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 3, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NYK by 15 after three quarters and won 112–104.

Final
SAS125
CLE90
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +27; Q4 SAS +35
Final
NYK104
IND112
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND -15; Q4 IND +8
Final
CHA87
TOR92
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +5
Final
ORL95
DET102
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +7
Final
PHI93
MIA99
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +6
Final
GSW94
MEM98
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -9; Q4 MEM +4
Final
PHX109
SAC100
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +9
Final
NJN87
LAL91
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +4
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 3, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (HOU vs ATL), 35 points.
The lead · NYK @ IND

Indiana storms back from 15 down to beat New York

The Pacers trailed by 15 after three and won 112–104. Danny Granger led Indiana with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist. Carmelo Anthony scored 39 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-8-15+8IND AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK31282817104
IND31202140112
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 28, 15, 25, 5, 25, 18, 32, 27IND27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 15, 4, 16, 22, 7, 18, 9, 18IND18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 10, 12, 15, 28, 25, 36, 19, 39NYK39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Landry FieldsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 8, 3, 2, 2, 6, 7, 4, 15NYK15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Cleveland by 35, the widest margin of 8 games.

MEM over GSW4LAL over NJN4TOR over CHA5MIA over PHI6DET over ORL7IND over NYK8PHX over SAC9SAS over CLE35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.6Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 43 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 41

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 22, 28, 38, 25, 27, 14, 20, 41SAC vs PHX · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Webber SAC, Mar 9, 2001: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 20, 17, 17, 24, 19, 26, 23, 41MIA vs PHI · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Season high41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 10, 12, 15, 28, 25, 36, 19, 39NYK @ IND · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Glen DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 5, 16, 9, 13, 10, 4, 18, 31ORL @ DET · L
8.2 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 8, 21, 17, 8, 26, 27, 18, 30TOR vs CHA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 28, 15, 25, 5, 25, 18, 32, 27IND vs NYK · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 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
Goran DragicHOU+8.1 18.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.6 17.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+6.5 24.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.9 20.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.2 16.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−5.9 14.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−4.3 13.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
Steve NashPHX−4.3 8.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Rajon RondoBOS−4.3 8.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.2 23.8 last 10 · 28.0 season