FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 4, 2012Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIN by 12 at halftime and won 97–94.

Final
TOR99
PHI78
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +21
Final
IND109
WAS96
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +13
Final
CHA93
ATL120
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +27
Final
SAS87
BOS86
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +1
Final
OKC93
MIA98
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +5
Final
CLE98
MIL107
Q1 MIL +15; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +9
Final
GSW97
MIN94
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -12; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +3
Final
DEN92
NOH94
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +2
Final
MEM85
DAL95
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +10
Final
PHX107
UTA105
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +2
Final
NJN88
POR101
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +13
Final
LAL113
LAC108
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · GSW @ MIN

David Lee scores 31, Golden State holds off Minnesota

Final: 97–94. David Lee added 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-5-12+6+3GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2118382097
MIN2625202394
Who led
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 22, 16, 23, 28, 27, 27, 22, 31GSW31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Charles JenkinsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 8, 27, 12, 4, 18, 10, 7, 19GSW19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 51, 30, 28, 40, 22, 26, 23, 29MIN29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 12, 17, 15, 0, 2, 12, 9, 17MIN17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ DAL

Dallas handles Memphis by 10

The Mavericks won the fourth quarter 29–17. Final: 95–85. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over BOS1NOH over DEN2PHX over UTA2GSW over MIN3MIA over OKC5LAL over LAC5MIL over CLE9DAL over MEM10IND over WAS13POR over NJN13TOR over PHI21ATL over CHA27Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Bynum 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.
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 9, 28, 30, 11, 25, 19, 0, 36LAL @ LAC · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 17, 17, 24, 19, 26, 23, 41, 34MIA vs OKC · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 22, 16, 23, 28, 27, 27, 22, 31GSW @ MIN · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 18, 18, 30, 23, 11, 40, 24, 31LAL @ LAC · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 13, 11, 4, 33, 13, 8, 17, 30MIL vs CLE · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 32, 40, 28, 25, 21, 26, 21, 30OKC @ MIA · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+6.5 24.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+6.3 21.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.1 16.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
JJ HicksonPOR+5.5 12.1 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−4.9 15.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−4.3 13.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
John WallWAS−4.2 12.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
MarShon BrooksNJN−4.1 8.0 last 10 · 12.1 season