FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 9, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NOH by 7 after three quarters and won 93–91.

Final
WAS113
CHA85
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +20; Q3 WAS +27; Q4 WAS +28
Final
TOR98
IND103
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +5
Final
DET89
ORL119
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +21; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +30
Final
LAC85
MEM94
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +9
Final
OKC109
MIL89
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +20
Final
LAL93
NOH91
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL +2
Final
GSW84
DEN123
Q1 DEN +24; Q2 DEN +27; Q3 DEN +32; Q4 DEN +39
Final
PHX114
MIN90
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +24
Final
SAS84
UTA91
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +7
Final
HOU94
POR89
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +6; 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 9, 2011: 5 games. Top scorer: Ty Lawson (DEN vs MIN), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ NOH

Lakers take over late to edge New Orleans

Down 7 after three, Lakers won the fourth 28–19. Final: 93–91. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+1-7+2LAL AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2123212893
NOH1924291991
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 13, 21, 26, 22, 12, 14, 30, 25LAL25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 11, 25, 19, 0, 36, 19, 23, 18LAL18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 15, 14, 20, 24, 12, 13, 8, 20NOH20 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 22, 27, 8, 14, 5, 15, 6, 20NOH20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ UTA

Utah gets past San Antonio

91–84, with Utah ahead 47–44 at halftime. Devin Harris led Utah with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over NOH2IND over TOR5HOU over POR5UTA over SAS7MEM over LAC9OKC over MIL20PHX over MIN24WAS over CHA28ORL over DET30DEN over GSW39Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over SAS.
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
8.6Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 53 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 24.7 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kenneth Faried leads the day with 27

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.
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 8, 10, 12, 4, 13, 12, 1, 27DEN vs GSW · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 45, 13, 32, 36, 27, 19, 28, 21, 15, 26OKC @ MIL · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 51, 30, 28, 40, 22, 26, 23, 29, 29, 25MIN vs PHX · L
26.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 13, 21, 26, 22, 12, 14, 30, 25LAL @ NOH · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 9, 5, 11, 5, 9, 28, 18, 25UTA vs SAS · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 21, 10, 13, 5, 22, 19, 6, 23CHA vs WAS · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 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+9.5 20.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Glen DavisORL+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
JJ HicksonPOR+6.4 13.2 last 10 · 6.8 season
Randy FoyeLAC+5.8 16.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX+5.7 16.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Nick YoungLAC−4.9 10.0 last 10 · 14.9 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.7 10.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.0 15.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jamal CrawfordPOR−3.8 9.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Rajon RondoBOS−3.8 8.3 last 10 · 12.1 season