FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 12, 2013Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIL by 14 at halftime and won 109–104.

Final
BKN117
IND109
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +19; Q3 BKN +7; Q4 BKN +8
Final
CHI88
TOR97
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +9
Final
PHI97
WAS86
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +11
Final
MIL104
ATL109
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL -14; Q3 ATL -7; Q4 ATL +5
Final
NYK101
CLE91
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +10
Final
CHA93
DET113
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +20
Final
BOS101
MIA109
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +8
Final
MEM82
HOU78
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +4
Final
LAC96
NOH93
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +3
Final · OT
DEN105
DAL108
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +3
Final
SAC101
SAS108
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +7
Final
MIN100
UTA107
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +7
Final
OKC106
POR90
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +16
Final
GSW116
LAL118
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +2
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 12, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ CHI), 30 points.
The lead · MIL @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 14 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 14 at the half, Atlanta outscored the Bucks 69–50 the rest of the way. Final: 109–104. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-6-14-7+5ATL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL30242822104
ATL24163534109
Who led
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 17, 7, 19, 15, 12, 6, 13, 24ATL24 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 19, 18, 21, 18, 10, 19, 28, 24ATL24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 9, 19, 18, 11, 22, 8, 21, 27MIL27 PTS · 8 REB · 17 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 20, 29, 22, 29, 7, 9, 4, 25MIL25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 72 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pistons rout

Four of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Charlotte by 20.

LAL over GSW2LAC over NOH3DAL over DEN3MEM over HOU4ATL over MIL5SAS over SAC7UTA over MIN7BKN over IND8MIA over BOS8TOR over CHI9NYK over CLE10PHI over WAS11OKC over POR16DET over CHA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 17, 39, 20, 18, 22, 24, 22, 47GSW @ LAL · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 31, 2006: 47 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
47 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 22, 20, 24, 16, 14, 19, 15, 40UTA vs MIN · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 5, 2010: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Ties career high40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 31, 30, 19, 23, 24, 25, 30, 47, 34LAL vs GSW · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 19, 21, 24, 30, 32, 11, 29, 33BKN @ IND · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 18, 23, 27, 24, 37, 25, 18, 33OKC @ POR · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 24, 50, 40, 41, 36, 36, 36, 31NYK @ CLE · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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
Roy HibbertIND+7.8 19.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jeff GreenBOS+7.7 20.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.2 15.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
JR SmithNYK+6.7 24.8 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
O.J. MayoDAL−6.3 9.4 last 10 · 15.7 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