FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 21, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 117–107.

Final
DEN118
PHX107
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +11
Final · OT
PHI109
IND106
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final
WAS86
MIA84
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
Final
DAL83
CHI93
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +10
Final
GSW96
HOU99
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +3
Final
POR89
MEM93
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +4
Final
NJN95
MIL106
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +11
Final · OT
ORL107
UTA117
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +10
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 21, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ PHI), 32 points.
The lead · ORL @ UTA

Utah outlasts Orlando in overtime

101–101 at the end of regulation. Utah took the last extra period 16–6. Final: 117–107. Al Jefferson led Utah with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-130-20+10UTA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ORL361928186107
UTA2332262016117
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 19, 12, 15, 19, 20, 28, 11, 21UTA21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 18, 25, 6, 3, 20, 23, 27, 21UTA21 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 8, 18, 19, 9, 21, 16, 21, 23ORL23 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 10, 22, 10, 9, 16, 17, 11, 21ORL21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 11.

WAS over MIA2PHI over IND3HOU over GSW3MEM over POR4CHI over DAL10UTA over ORL10DEN over PHX11MIL over NJN11Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

David West leads the day with 32

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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 9, 19, 10, 10, 22, 13, 21, 32IND vs PHI · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 13, 22, 20, 16, 25, 27, 30MIL vs NJN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 2, 23, 10, 24, 9, 20, 25, 24, 29DEN @ PHX · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Shannon BrownPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 17, 18, 10, 6, 16, 7, 8, 28PHX vs DEN · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 17, 12, 24, 24, 29, 17, 26, 24GSW @ HOU · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 9, 12, 23, 13, 10, 22, 16, 23POR @ MEM · L
8.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 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
Avery BradleyBOS+8.8 16.3 last 10 · 7.5 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+8.8 21.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Glen DavisORL+8.8 18.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS+8.5 16.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Goran DragicHOU+8.1 19.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kyle LowryHOU−6.0 8.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick YoungLAC−5.7 8.8 last 10 · 14.5 season
Tony AllenMEM−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Tyreke EvansSAC−4.3 12.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season