FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 7, 2013Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 95–92.

Final
NYK125
OKC120
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +5
Final
LAL95
LAC109
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +14
Final
WAS96
BOS107
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +11
Final
ORL85
CLE91
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +6
Final
MEM89
SAC87
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +2
Final
CHI85
DET99
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +14
Final
UTA97
GSW90
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +7
Final
NOH95
PHX92
Q1 NOH -9; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +3
Final
DAL96
POR91
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +5
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 7, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Pau Gasol (LAL @ PHX), 30 points.
The lead · NOH @ PHX

New Orleans holds off Phoenix, 95–92

New Orleans led 74–62 after three and held on to win by three. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-9-4+12+3NOH AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH1722352195
PHX2617193092
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 18, 14, 19, 11, 17, 6, 24, 20NOH20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 8, 23, 8, 20, 23, 3, 4, 17NOH17 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 7, 10, 10, 7, 18, 5, 4, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 17, 8, 20, 25, 8, 10, 6, 17PHX17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ CLE

Orlando's skid reaches five

Cleveland won 91–85; the Magic fall to 19–59. Alonzo Gee led Cleveland with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · ORL
L@ NYK94–106Lvs OKC89–97Lvs MIA94–108L@ CHA108–114Wvs WAS97–92L@ ATL88–97L@ HOU103–111L@ SAS84–98L@ CHI86–87L@ CLE85–91ORL: last 10 games through Apr 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 69 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg32.5Today

32 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 37

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 19, 21, 21, 18, 23, 27, 24, 37OKC vs NYK · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 29, 22, 32, 24, 50, 40, 41, 36NYK @ OKC · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 25, 24, 20, 36, 30, 25, 34, 27OKC vs NYK · L
28.4 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 20, 29, 30, 11, 18, 11, 12, 26ORL @ CLE · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 14, 4, 4, 0, 14, 13, 6, 26DAL @ POR · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 0, 21, 36, 31, 30, 19, 23, 24, 25LAL @ LAC · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 10 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
Tobias HarrisORL+8.1 18.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
John WallWAS+7.6 25.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Roy HibbertIND+7.3 19.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.9 14.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−7.1 8.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kyrie IrvingCLE−5.1 17.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season