FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 18, 2012Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DEN by 12 after the first quarter and won 104–98.

Final
CHI100
CHA68
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +32
Final
PHI103
CLE87
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +16
Final
MIL112
WAS121
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +9
Final
DET84
ATL116
Q1 ATL +19; Q2 ATL +30; Q3 ATL +35; Q4 ATL +32
Final
TOR72
MIA96
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +24
Final
NYK104
NJN95
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +9
Final
ORL98
BOS102
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +4
Final
NOH91
MEM103
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +12
Final
HOU110
DAL117
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +7
Final
LAC104
DEN98
Q1 LAC -12; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +6
Final
OKC109
PHX97
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +12
Final
UTA112
POR91
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +21
Final
SAS127
SAC102
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +25
Final
LAL99
GSW87
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +12
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 18, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: Derrick Rose (CHI vs IND), 36 points.
The lead · LAC @ DEN

Clippers rally from 12 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 12 after one, Clippers outscored the Nuggets 82–64 the rest of the way. Final: 104–98. Chris Paul led Clippers with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-12-60+6LAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC22252928104
DEN3419232298
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 13, 19, 21, 31, 8, 28, 12, 21LAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 5, 12, 11, 7, 14, 14, 11, 19LAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 2, 23, 10, 24, 9, 20, 25, 24DEN24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 23, 19, 10, 11, 18, 5, 15, 14DEN14 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg17.5Last 3

17.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · HOU @ DAL

Dallas beats Houston by 7

The Mavericks won 117–110 in Dallas. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 35 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over ORL4LAC over DEN6DAL over HOU7WAS over MIL9NYK over NJN9MEM over NOH12OKC over PHX12LAL over GSW12PHI over CLE16UTA over POR21MIA over TOR24SAS over SAC25CHI over CHA32ATL over DET32Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over HOU.
Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 12, 10, 17, 16, 17, 6, 12, 40OKC @ PHX · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Apr 4, 1996: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Career high40 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 23, 17, 15, 27, 24, 24, 40, 35DAL vs HOU · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 39, 19, 43, 29, 32, 18, 42, 35, 33NYK @ NJN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 9, 9, 20, 21, 17, 18, 9, 32WAS vs MIL · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 0, 36, 19, 23, 18, 16, 30, 23, 21, 31LAL @ GSW · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 30, 25, 17, 9, 35, 18, 20, 31MIL @ WAS · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 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+8.5 20.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS+8.5 16.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+8.3 30.9 last 10 · 22.6 season
Glen DavisORL+7.6 16.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Metta World PeaceLAL+7.6 15.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Nick YoungLAC−5.3 9.3 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.4 11.1 last 10 · 15.5 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.9 10.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Tony ParkerSAS−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season