FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 16, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed HOU by 11 after the first quarter and won 105–102.

Final
NOH75
CHA67
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +8
Final
MIN88
IND111
Q1 IND +19; Q2 IND +34; Q3 IND +30; Q4 IND +23
Final
PHI100
ORL113
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +13
Final
ATL109
TOR87
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +22
Final
MIA101
NJN98
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -9; Q4 MIA +3
Final
WAS87
CHI84
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DEN105
HOU102
Q1 DEN -11; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +3
Final · 3OT
DAL121
UTA123
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA 0; OT2 UTA 0; OT3 UTA +2
Final
POR107
PHX125
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +18
Final
SAS120
GSW99
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +21
Final
OKC77
LAC92
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -9; Q3 LAC 0; 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 16, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL vs ATL), 46 points.
The lead · DEN @ HOU

Denver climbs back to beat Houston

Houston led by 11 after one. Denver won it 105–102. Arron Afflalo led Denver with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-11-7+1+3DEN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN21233130105
HOU32192328102
Who led
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 15, 30, 16, 15, 21, 18, 20, 26DEN26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 22, 2, 23, 10, 24, 9, 20, 25DEN25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 21, 26, 15, 22, 19, 22, 12, 21HOU21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 6, 13, 10, 2, 13, 6, 12, 21HOU21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pacers rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Minnesota by 23.

UTA over DAL2MIA over NJN3WAS over CHI3DEN over HOU3NOH over CHA8ORL over PHI13LAC over OKC15PHX over POR18SAS over GSW21ATL over TOR22IND over MIN23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.7Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 40

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 23, 23, 17, 15, 27, 24, 24, 40DAL @ UTA · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nick Anderson ORL, Apr 30, 1999: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 41, 34, 21, 26, 36, 30, 19, 29, 37MIA @ NJN · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 2, 6, 14, 16, 19, 10, 28, 30GSW vs SAS · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 13, 23, 15, 17, 12, 24, 24, 29GSW vs SAS · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 18, 21, 8, 16, 20, 18, 6, 29NJN vs MIA · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 16, 30, 19, 12, 15, 19, 20, 28UTA vs DAL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 26 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+9.2 20.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+8.0 30.2 last 10 · 22.2 season
Avery BradleyBOS+6.9 13.6 last 10 · 6.7 season
Metta World PeaceLAL+6.6 14.0 last 10 · 7.4 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.3 18.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Nick YoungLAC−5.4 9.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Tony ParkerSAS−5.3 13.1 last 10 · 18.4 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
James HardenOKC−4.0 12.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season