FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 6, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 12 points, by CLE (vs TOR) and POR (vs DAL).

Final
OKC98
IND103
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +5
Final
DET96
ATL101
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +5
Final
MEM97
MIA82
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +15
Final
WAS98
NJN110
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +12
Final
CLE84
TOR80
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -12; Q4 CLE +4
Final · OT
POR99
DAL97
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
Final
CHA90
MIL95
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +5
Final
NOH103
SAS128
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +27; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +25
Final
PHX99
DEN105
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +6
Final
GSW98
UTA104
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +6
Final
HOU112
LAL107
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +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
On this day · 2010–11Apr 6, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: Brook Lopez (NJN @ DET), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ DAL

Raymond Felton scores 30, Portland rallies past Dallas

Portland trailed by 12 at the half and won 99–97.

Game flow · POR 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.Final0-10-12+80+2POR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR17273017899
DAL27291025697
Who led
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 6, 24, 12, 9, 10, 4, 14, 30POR30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 29, 18, 20, 25, 26, 27, 24, 25POR25 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 16, 31, 21, 25, 28, 19, 23, 23DAL23 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 18, 24, 12, 3, 17, 15, 15, 18DAL18 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CLE @ TOR

Cleveland fights back late to top Toronto

Toronto led 63–51 after three. Cleveland won the fourth 33–17 and the game 84–80. Antawn Jamison led Cleveland with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs TOR
Antawn Jamison · CLEDeMar DeRozan · TORPTS2528REB84AST14Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 54 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 44

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 40, 28, 25, 21, 26, 21, 30, 44OKC @ IND · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 28, 2005: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Byron MullensPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 17, 18, 0, 4, 20, 20, 8, 31CHA @ MIL · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 4 games: 20, 22, 15, 31NOH @ SAS · L
22.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 28, 19, 18, 27, 26, 13, 16, 30UTA vs GSW · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 6, 24, 12, 9, 10, 4, 14, 30POR @ DAL · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 23, 14, 22, 15, 19, 22, 15, 30DEN vs PHX · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 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+9.3 19.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Josh SmithATL+6.7 25.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+6.6 24.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
JJ HicksonPOR+5.9 12.5 last 10 · 6.6 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.5 16.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Tony ParkerSAS−5.3 13.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Jamal CrawfordPOR−4.7 8.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Nick YoungLAC−4.0 11.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Boris DiawSAS−3.9 2.8 last 10 · 6.7 season