FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 3, 2013Regular season · 12 games
← Apr 2CalendarApr 4 →

12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed WAS by 11 at halftime and won 88–78.

Final
NYK95
ATL82
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +13
Final
PHI83
CHA88
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +5
Final
BKN113
CLE95
Q1 BKN +8; Q2 BKN +30; Q3 BKN +27; Q4 BKN +18
Final
WAS78
TOR88
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +10
Final
DET93
BOS98
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +5
Final
MIN107
MIL98
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +9
Final
ORL84
SAS98
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +14
Final
DEN113
UTA96
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +17
Final
MEM94
POR76
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +18
Final
HOU112
SAC102
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +10
Final
NOH88
GSW98
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +10
Final
PHX101
LAC126
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +25
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 3, 2012: 8 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs PHX), 41 points.
The lead · WAS @ TOR

Toronto climbs out of an 11-point hole against Washington

Down 11 at the half, the Raptors won the third quarter 29–12 and the game 88–78. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 25 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-1-11+6+10TOR AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2426121678
TOR2316292088
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 19, 18, 17, 14, 21, 15, 15, 25TOR25 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 18, 10, 11, 19, 14, 18, 17, 24TOR24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 24, 14, 47, 18, 35, 18, 27, 20WAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 17, 7, 21, 5, 9, 19, 10, 17WAS17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NOH @ GSW

Golden State fights back from 9 down against New Orleans

Final: 98–88, after trailing by 9 after one. David Lee led Golden State with 23 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs NOH
David Lee · GSWEric Gordon · NOHPTS2321REB165AST43Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 69 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 40

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: 9, 21, 37, 28, 29, 22, 32, 24, 50, 40NYK @ ATL · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice LAL, May 5, 1999: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 13, 10, 12, 19, 21, 27, 27, 10, 34BOS vs DET · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 26, 20, 19, 13, 20, 29, 22, 29MIL vs MIN · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 9, 10, 13, 20, 11, 16, 15, 29HOU @ SAC · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
MarShon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 10, 0, 0, 6, 12, 8, 10, 27BKN @ CLE · W
5.5 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 18, 11, 15, 18, 19, 22, 29, 27MIN @ MIL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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+9.4 17.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jeff GreenBOS+9.0 21.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR+7.3 15.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+7.3 20.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+7.2 22.6 last 10 · 15.4 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
Tyson ChandlerNYK−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.9 22.1 last 10 · 27.0 season