FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 25, 2012Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CLE by 6 after the first quarter and won 96–85.

Final
WAS96
CLE85
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +11
Final
CHI92
IND87
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +5
Final
CHA95
ORL102
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +7
Final
PHI90
MIL85
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +5
Final
LAC93
NYK99
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +6
Final
DEN106
OKC101
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +5
Final
SAS110
PHX106
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +4
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 25, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ DEN), 31 points.
The lead · WAS @ CLE

Washington makes it five straight

Washington beat Cleveland 96–85 and moved to 19–46. John Wall led Washington with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 13 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+4+14+11WAS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2128281996
CLE2718182285
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 18, 2, 15, 8, 19, 16, 14, 13, 16, 21WAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Kevin SeraphinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 24, 12, 15, 21, 14, 17, 12, 12WAS12 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
D.J. KennedyCLE12 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 12, 21, 3, 11, 8, 21, 17, 10CLE10 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHI @ MIL

Philadelphia keeps rolling, beats Milwaukee

That is four in a row. Final: 90–85. Evan Turner led Philadelphia with 29 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
L@ BOS79–103W@ NJN107–88W@ TOR93–75Lvs NJN89–95L@ ORL100–113Lvs IND97–102W@ CLE103–87W@ IND109–106W@ NJN105–87W@ MIL90–85PHI: last 10 games through Apr 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 29, 43, 24, 29, 29, 35, 32, 32OKC vs DEN · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 15, 7, 13, 18, 13, 15, 9, 31ORL vs CHA · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 22, 35, 9, 15, 18, 14, 13, 30OKC vs DEN · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 6, 18, 13, 0, 10, 6, 13, 29PHI @ MIL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 19, 20, 17, 12, 16, 21, 36, 29LAC @ NYK · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 11, 12, 13, 12, 11, 24, 0, 28LAC @ NYK · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 5 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
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+7.4 15.2 last 10 · 7.8 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+7.4 30.0 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−6.8 8.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Nick YoungLAC−6.4 7.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kyle LowryHOU−6.0 8.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Tony AllenMEM−3.7 6.1 last 10 · 9.8 season