FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 4, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed BKN by 13 after the first quarter and won 92–90.

Final
CHI92
BKN90
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI -11; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +2
Final
DAL94
DEN95
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +1
Final
SAS88
OKC100
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +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 · 2011–12Apr 4, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Andrew Bynum (LAL @ LAC), 36 points.
The lead · CHI @ BKN

Chicago turns it around against Brooklyn

From 13 down after one to a 2-point win: 92–90. Carlos Boozer led Chicago with 29 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-13-11-2+2CHI AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1323292792
BKN2621202390
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25, 11, 19, 29CHI29 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 5, 20, 17, 28, 25, 28, 13, 18CHI18 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 31, 18, 20, 6, 19, 21, 24, 30BKN30 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 38, 18, 21, 28, 11, 27, 14, 28BKN28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DAL @ DEN

Denver survives Dallas, 95–94

A one-point finish after it was 70–77 through three. Corey Brewer led Denver with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over DAL1CHI over BKN2OKC over SAS12Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 66 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg27.0Last 3

27.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 70 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 30

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.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 31, 18, 20, 6, 19, 21, 24, 30BKN vs CHI · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25, 11, 19, 29CHI @ BKN · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 38, 18, 21, 28, 11, 27, 14, 28BKN vs CHI · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 25, 20, 19, 21, 21, 18, 23, 27OKC vs SAS · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 34, 32, 25, 24, 20, 36, 30, 25OKC vs SAS · W
28.3 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 24, 9, 21, 12, 11, 4, 17, 24SAS @ OKC · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 6 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−6.6 9.3 last 10 · 15.9 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