FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 23, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 92–86.

Final
DET97
IND103
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +6
Final
CHA73
WAS101
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +24; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +28
Final
PHI105
NJN87
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +18
Final
CLE101
MEM109
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +8
Final
TOR86
MIL92
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +6
Final
POR89
SAS124
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +35
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 23, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ DEN), 26 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs out of an 8-point hole against Toronto

Down 8 after one, the Bucks won the fourth quarter 30–19 and the game 92–86. Brandon Jennings led Milwaukee with 25 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-5-5+6MIL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2523191986
MIL1726193092
Who led
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 13, 22, 20, 16, 25, 27, 30, 25MIL25 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 20, 18, 3, 14, 11, 14, 17, 19MIL19 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 4, 5, 2, 15, 18, 18, 5, 22TOR22 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 8, 0, 18, 5, 17, 5, 12, 15TOR15 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: San Antonio by 35.

IND over DET6MIL over TOR6MEM over CLE8PHI over NJN18WAS over CHA28SAS over POR35Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 64 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.7Season avg25.3Last 3

25.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 27

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 GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 6, 0, 10, 18, 9, 14, 16, 27IND vs DET · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 13, 22, 20, 16, 25, 27, 30, 25MIL vs TOR · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 12, 22, 29, 13, 9, 21, 19, 25CLE @ MEM · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 7, 18, 15, 31, 19, 21, 16, 24POR @ SAS · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 4, 5, 2, 15, 18, 18, 5, 22TOR @ MIL · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 10, 10, 22, 13, 21, 32, 20IND vs DET · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 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
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
Kevin SeraphinWAS+7.8 15.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−6.8 8.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Kyle LowryHOU−6.0 8.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick YoungLAC−5.7 8.8 last 10 · 14.5 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.2 19.5 last 10 · 23.7 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season