FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 2, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIA by 8 at halftime and won 102–90.

Final
CHI86
WAS90
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +4
Final
NYK102
MIA90
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +12
Final
DAL81
LAL101
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +20
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 · 2011–12Apr 2, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Wesley Matthews (POR vs UTA), 33 points.
The lead · NYK @ MIA

Carmelo Anthony scores 50 as New York beats Miami

New York won 102–90. Carmelo Anthony: 50 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-8+2+12NYK AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK27232824102
MIA2533181490
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 21, 37, 28, 29, 22, 32, 24, 50NYK50 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 22, 14, 25, 32, 35, 37, 15, 14NYK14 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 11, 5, 15, 12, 21, 10, 23, 23MIA23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 7, 6, 12, 18MIA18 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CHI @ WAS

Washington beats Chicago, 90–86

Washington led 70–69 after three and won by 4. John Wall led Washington with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over CHI4NYK over MIA12LAL over DAL20Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 57 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 50

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: 14, 9, 21, 37, 28, 29, 22, 32, 24, 50NYK @ MIA · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf DEN, Dec 7, 1995: 51 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Ties career high50 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 19, 24, 14, 47, 18, 35, 18, 27WAS vs CHI · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 12, 16, 20, 11, 25, 15, 24, 24LAL vs DAL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 31, 0, 21, 36, 31, 30, 19, 23LAL vs DAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antoine Walker BOS, Mar 29, 2001: 23 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
23 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 11, 5, 15, 12, 21, 10, 23, 23MIA vs NYK · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25, 11, 19CHI @ WAS · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 12 REB · 5 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
Maurice HarklessORL+9.0 16.9 last 10 · 7.9 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+8.8 17.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Tobias HarrisORL+7.5 17.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+7.1 22.4 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jeff GreenBOS+6.9 19.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−6.7 3.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
O.J. MayoDAL−6.2 9.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.9 22.1 last 10 · 27.0 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.7 6.1 last 10 · 10.8 season