FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 24, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIA by 7 after the first quarter and won 78–66.

Final
LAC102
ATL109
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +7
Final
MIA66
BOS78
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +12
Final
SAC110
OKC118
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +8
Final
NOH83
GSW81
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +2
Final
PHX88
UTA100
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +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 24, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs BOS), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Boston handles Miami by 12

The Celtics won the fourth quarter 28–16. Final: 78–66. Sasha Pavlovic led Boston with 16 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-60+12BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1717161666
BOS1018222878
Who led
Sasha PavlovicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 16BOS16 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 4, 12, 13BOS13 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dexter PittmanPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 0, 16, 8, 4, 12, 4, 12MIA12 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James JonesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 6, 5, 3, 0, 0, 9, 7, 11MIA11 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAC @ ATL

Atlanta beats Clippers, 109–102

Atlanta led 85–72 after three and won by 7. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over GSW2ATL over LAC7OKC over SAC8BOS over MIA12UTA over PHX12Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over LAC.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 36

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 16, 19, 20, 17, 12, 16, 21, 36LAC @ ATL · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 31, 8, 28, 12, 21, 19, 33, 34LAC @ ATL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 22, 29, 43, 24, 29, 29, 35, 32OKC vs SAC · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 25, 7, 9, 23, 18, 18, 29, 32SAC @ OKC · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 14, 16, 7, 18, 13, 30, 22, 28ATL vs LAC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 18, 21, 27, 17, 16, 6, 18, 26UTA vs PHX · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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+9.2 16.7 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+8.2 20.6 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
Nick YoungLAC−6.3 8.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Kyle LowryHOU−6.0 8.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.8 18.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season