FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 22, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 16 points, by GSW (vs MIN) and LAL (vs OKC).

Final
NYK113
ATL112
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +1
Final · 2OT
OKC106
LAL114
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -16; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +8
Final
SAC114
CHA88
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +26
Final
TOR73
DET76
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +3
Final
HOU88
MIA97
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +9
Final
GSW93
MIN88
Q1 GSW -15; Q2 GSW -16; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW +5
Final
CLE98
SAS114
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +16
Final
ORL74
DEN101
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +27
Final
NOH98
LAC107
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC -10; Q4 LAC +9
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 22, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ NYK), 38 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIN

Golden State erases 16-point lead, steals one from Minnesota

Minnesota led 55–39 at halftime. Golden State won the second half 54–33 to take it 93–88. Charles Jenkins led Golden State with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-16-6+5GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW1722302493
MIN3223201388
Who led
Charles JenkinsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 5, 8, 1, 2, 6, 10, 16, 24GSW24 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Brandon RushPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 13, 9, 22, 6, 10, 20, 19, 19GSW19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 11, 12, 17, 14, 10, 16, 23, 19MIN19 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 2, 12, 10, 7, 5, 6, 3, 18MIN18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Orlando by 27, the widest margin of 9 games.

NYK over ATL1DET over TOR3GSW over MIN5LAL over OKC8MIA over HOU9LAC over NOH9SAS over CLE16SAC over CHA26DEN over ORL27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 63 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 39

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 43, 29, 32, 18, 42, 35, 33, 12, 39NYK @ ATL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 44, 23, 19, 22, 29, 43, 24, 29, 29, 35OKC @ LAL · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 21, 31, 8, 28, 12, 21, 19, 33LAC vs NOH · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 36, 30, 19, 29, 37, 28, 27, 32MIA vs HOU · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 9, 25, 7, 9, 23, 18, 18, 29SAC @ CHA · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 14, 4, 16, 6, 16, 10, 4, 29ATL vs NYK · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 0 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
Kevin SeraphinWAS+8.5 16.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Glen DavisORL+8.3 17.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Metta World PeaceLAL+8.2 15.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+8.1 20.5 last 10 · 12.4 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
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.4 10.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.2 19.5 last 10 · 23.7 season