FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 17, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by MEM (vs MIN) and SAS (vs LAL).

Final
IND102
PHI97
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +5
Final
CLE77
DET116
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +50; Q4 DET +39
Final
MEM91
MIN84
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +7
Final
BOS110
NYK118
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +19; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +8
Final
SAS112
LAL91
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +21
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 17, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs DEN), 41 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIN

Memphis beats Minnesota, 91–84

Memphis led 77–69 after three and won by 7. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-1+8+7MEM AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3223221491
MIN2234131584
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 17, 25, 16, 32, 19, 26, 24, 28MEM28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 15, 12, 13, 12, 11, 17, 5, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 15, 10, 16, 12, 10, 24, 14, 28MIN28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 10, 11, 11, 12, 17, 14, 10, 16MIN16 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ LAL

San Antonio routs Lakers by 21

San Antonio led by 16 at halftime and won 112–91. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over PHI5MEM over MIN7NYK over BOS8SAS over LAL21DET over CLE39Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg22.2Last 3

22.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 43

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 24, 17, 27, 14, 18, 17, 43BOS @ NYK · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Mar 9, 2003: 43 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Season high43 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 39, 19, 43, 29, 32, 18, 42, 35NYK vs BOS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Jan 27, 2019: 35 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
35 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 10, 7, 28, 4, 13, 14, 8, 29SAS @ LAL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 15, 10, 16, 12, 10, 24, 14, 28MIN vs MEM · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 17, 25, 16, 32, 19, 26, 24, 28MEM @ MIN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 6, 13, 16, 7, 21, 25, 13, 28DET vs CLE · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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+8.8 31.2 last 10 · 22.4 season
Avery BradleyBOS+7.2 14.0 last 10 · 6.8 season
Metta World PeaceLAL+6.9 14.3 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
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
James HardenOKC−4.0 12.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Tony ParkerSAS−3.6 15.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season