FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 10, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed POR by 8 after the first quarter and won 113–106.

Final
DET111
CLE104
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +7
Final · OT
MIL103
ORL113
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +10
Final
ATL124
PHI101
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +23
Final
MIA103
WAS98
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +5
Final
BKN101
BOS93
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +8
Final
PHX102
DAL91
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +11
Final
LAL113
POR106
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +7
Final
NOH110
SAC121
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +22; Q4 SAC +11
Final
SAS86
DEN96
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +10
Final
MIN95
LAC111
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +16
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 10, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs BOS), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ POR

Kobe Bryant scores 47 as Lakers beat Portland

Lakers won 113–106. Kobe Bryant: 47 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists. Damian Lillard scored 38 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-8-2+7LAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL33282725113
POR41282116106
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 31, 30, 19, 23, 24, 25, 30, 47LAL47 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 17, 12, 12, 14, 19, 12, 22, 23LAL23 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 15, 24, 16, 17, 17, 11, 15, 38POR38 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 21, 28, 20, 10, 24, 32, 18, 17POR17 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 51 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 71 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 25 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAS @ DEN

Denver makes it five straight

Denver beat San Antonio 96–86 and moved to 54–24. Wilson Chandler led Denver with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
W@ OKC114–104Wvs PHI101–100Wvs SAC101–95L@ NOH86–110L@ SAS99–100Wvs BKN109–87W@ UTA113–96Wvs DAL95–94Wvs HOU132–114Wvs SAS96–86DEN: last 10 games through Apr 10, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 47

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 31, 30, 19, 23, 24, 25, 30, 47LAL @ POR · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Dec 26, 1995: 47 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Season high47 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 15, 24, 16, 17, 17, 11, 15, 38POR vs LAL · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 20, 9, 17, 12, 16, 16, 21, 30ORL vs MIL · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 29, 30, 11, 18, 11, 12, 26, 30ORL vs MIL · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 19 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 6, 19, 21, 24, 30, 32, 11, 29BKN @ BOS · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 0, 17, 8, 4, 8, 9, 3, 29DET @ CLE · W
7.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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+9.3 19.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
John WallWAS+8.5 26.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Roy HibbertIND+7.2 19.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.2 15.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
JR SmithNYK+6.8 24.6 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−7.2 8.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tyson ChandlerNYK−4.7 5.7 last 10 · 10.4 season