FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 17, 2013Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed OKC by 9 after the first quarter and won 95–89.

Final
DET99
BKN103
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +4
Final
CLE98
CHA105
Q1 CHA +18; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +7
Final
WAS92
CHI95
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +3
Final
NOH87
DAL99
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +12
Final
PHX98
DEN118
Q1 DEN +15; Q2 DEN +26; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +20
Final
PHI105
IND95
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +10
Final
UTA70
MEM86
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +16
Final
ORL93
MIA105
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +12
Final
ATL92
NYK98
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +6
Final
MIL95
OKC89
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +6
Final
MIN108
SAS95
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +13
Final
BOS90
TOR114
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +26; Q4 TOR +24
Final · OT
HOU95
LAL99
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
Final
GSW99
POR88
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +11
Final
LAC112
SAC108
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +4
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 17, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ NYK), 43 points.
The lead · MIL @ OKC

Milwaukee fights back from 9 down against OKC

Final: 95–89, after trailing by 9 after one. John Henson led Milwaukee with 28 points, 16 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-9-6-2+6MIL AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2124232795
OKC3021191989
Who led
John HensonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 17, 8, 8, 14, 28MIL28 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 19, 13, 25, 16, 30, 3, 4, 17MIL17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 3, 2, 13, 4, 4, 17, 10, 23OKC23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Perry Jones IIIPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 6, 4, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 14OKC14 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 55 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.1Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.1 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 72 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 15 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Toronto by 24.

CHI over WAS3BKN over DET4LAL over HOU4LAC over SAC4NYK over ATL6MIL over OKC6CHA over CLE7PHI over IND10GSW over POR11DAL over NOH12MIA over ORL12MIN over SAS13MEM over UTA16DEN over PHX20TOR over BOS24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 36

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 20, 6, 22, 11, 19, 8, 7, 36SAC vs LAC · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 22 REB · 3 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 19, 2, 0, 4, 13, 2, 0, 34IND vs PHI · L
7.0 PPG season to date · +27.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Chris CopelandPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 6, 13, 17, 14, 12, 20, 32, 33NYK vs ATL · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 20, 10, 24, 32, 18, 17, 12, 30POR vs GSW · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 21, 33, 14, 33, 30, 29, 16, 30HOU @ LAL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
John HensonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 17, 8, 8, 14, 28MIL @ OKC · W
6.1 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 16 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+8.9 19.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR+6.6 15.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Roy HibbertIND+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.4 35.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Jeff GreenBOS+6.3 19.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−7.2 8.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Shannon BrownPHX−6.3 4.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jrue HolidayPHI−4.9 12.8 last 10 · 17.7 season