FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 11, 2012Regular season · 11 games
← Apr 10CalendarApr 12 →

11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed SAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–96.

Final · OT
IND104
CLE98
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +6
Final
PHI93
TOR75
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +18
Final · OT
ATL86
BOS88
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +2
Final
UTA103
HOU91
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +12
Final
PHX93
MEM104
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +11
Final
NYK111
MIL107
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +4
Final
SAC96
NOH105
Q1 NOH -9; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +9
Final
LAC100
OKC98
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +2
Final
LAL98
SAS84
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +14
Final
MIN107
DEN113
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +21; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +6
Final
GSW110
POR118
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +8
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 11, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ ATL), 34 points.
The lead · SAC @ NOH

New Orleans turns it around against Sacramento

From 9 down after one to a 9-point win: 105–96. Jason Smith led New Orleans with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOH 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+1+9+9NOH AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2920212696
NOH20302926105
Who led
Jason SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 13, 17, 14, 10, 2, 26, 8, 22NOH22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 27, 8, 14, 5, 15, 6, 20, 21NOH21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 16, 27, 18, 26, 13, 4, 16, 25SAC25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 23, 24, 8, 14, 14, 6, 16, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Philadelphia by 18.

BOS over ATL2LAC over OKC2NYK over MIL4IND over CLE6DEN over MIN6POR over GSW8NOH over SAC9MEM over PHX11UTA over HOU12LAL over SAS14PHI over TOR18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 35

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 33, 13, 8, 17, 30, 25, 17, 9, 35MIL vs NYK · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 2, 14, 12, 7, 14, 11, 18, 34POR vs GSW · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 25, 36, 19, 39, 19, 43, 29, 32NYK @ MIL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 17, 12, 11, 8, 17, 25, 16, 32MEM vs PHX · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 20, 26, 8, 22, 13, 19, 21, 31LAC @ OKC · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 19, 14, 20, 20, 14, 12, 16, 29UTA @ HOU · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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+9.6 20.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
JJ HicksonPOR+8.0 15.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Shannon BrownPHX+6.8 17.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.6 28.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Glen DavisORL+6.3 15.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Nick YoungLAC−5.4 9.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.4 10.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−3.7 7.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Tony ParkerSAS−3.5 15.3 last 10 · 18.8 season