FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 7, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed POR by 9 at halftime and won 116–94.

Final
BOS86
IND72
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +14
Final
ATL116
CHA96
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +20
Final
DAL89
MEM94
Q1 MEM +19; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +5
Final
MIN90
NOH99
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +9
Final
ORL88
PHI82
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +6
Final
POR94
MIL116
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -9; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +22
Final
LAL105
PHX125
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +20
Final
DEN97
GSW112
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +15
Final
SAC94
LAC109
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +15
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 7, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: Derrick Rose (CHI vs BOS), 30 points.
The lead · POR @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs back to beat Portland

Portland led by 9 at the half. Milwaukee won it 116–94. Beno Udrih led Milwaukee with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-9+3+22MIL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR3132201194
MIL33213230116
Who led
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 0, 9, 4, 7, 4, 11, 5, 21MIL21 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 15, 18, 28, 24, 19, 19, 18, 21MIL21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 18, 20, 25, 26, 27, 24, 25, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 17, 18, 12, 18, 33, 7, 9, 14POR14 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ PHI

Orlando fights back from 8 down against Philadelphia

Final: 88–82, after trailing by 8 at the half. Glen Davis led Orlando with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs PHI
Glen Davis · ORLThaddeus Young · PHIPTS2320REB127AST01Top 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
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Pau Gasol leads the day with 30

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.
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 19, 13, 21, 26, 22, 12, 14, 30LAL @ PHX · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 17, 51, 30, 28, 40, 22, 26, 23, 29, 29MIN @ NOH · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 20, 27, 20, 24, 15, 15, 14, 27LAC vs SAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Jason SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 17, 12, 13, 17, 14, 10, 2, 26NOH vs MIN · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 21, 20, 17, 12, 11, 8, 17, 25MEM vs DAL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 5, 9, 20, 17, 28, 11, 20, 25LAC vs SAC · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 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+9.3 19.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
JJ HicksonPOR+6.8 13.4 last 10 · 6.6 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+5.9 23.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Glen DavisORL+5.8 14.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Tony ParkerSAS−5.3 13.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Nick YoungLAC−4.5 10.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Boris DiawSAS−3.9 2.8 last 10 · 6.7 season
Jamal CrawfordPOR−3.9 9.3 last 10 · 13.2 season