FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 6, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed HOU by 17 after the first quarter and won 101–93.

Final · OT · Box score
ORL111
CHA102
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +9
Final · Box score
WAS112
IND136
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +24
Final · Box score
NYK97
PHI92
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
CLE104
TOR96
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +20; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +8
Final · Box score
NJN109
DET116
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +7
Final · Box score
MIL90
MIA85
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +5
Final · Box score
PHX108
MIN98
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +10
Final · Box score
HOU93
NOH101
Q1 NOH -17; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH +3; Q4 NOH +8
Final · Box score
LAC108
OKC112
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +4
Final · Box score
DEN104
DAL96
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +8
Final · Box score
SAC92
SAS124
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +32
Final · Box score
LAL87
GSW95
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +8
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 · 2009–10Apr 6, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ UTA), 45 points.
The lead · HOU @ NOH

New Orleans storms back from 17 down to beat Houston

The Hornets trailed by 17 after one and won 101–93. Chris Paul led New Orleans with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-4+3+8NOH AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3817162293
NOH21302327101
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 4, 24, 22, 10, 11, 5, 18, 28NOH28 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 2, 15, 17, 8, 8, 8, 11, 19NOH19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 34, 29, 20, 18, 33, 35, 30, 21HOU21 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 20, 28, 8, 17, 21, 15, 18, 16HOU16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg7.1Last 3

7.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 69 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg45.1Today

45 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 73 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAL @ GSW

Golden State climbs back to beat Lakers

Lakers led by 9 after one. Golden State won it 95–87. Monta Ellis led Golden State with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs LAL
Monta Ellis · GSWKobe Bryant · LALPTS2625REB32AST62Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Brook Lopez leads the day with 39

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.
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 10, 6, 22, 26, 11, 16, 30, 39NJN @ DET · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 33, 22, 22, 25, 20, 26, 15, 35LAC @ OKC · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 15, 13, 16, 14, 11, 13, 15, 32CHA vs ORL · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 25, 36, 39, 39, 25, 23, 31NYK @ PHI · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 23, 21, 39, 22, 25, 23, 32, 29OKC vs LAC · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 43, 33, 19, 32, 33, 27, 35, 27, 31, 29MIA vs MIL · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 8 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
Jordan CrawfordWAS+10.4 22.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+8.4 20.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+6.7 16.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
JJ HicksonCLE+6.2 19.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Maurice EvansWAS+6.1 12.3 last 10 · 6.2 season
Cold
Brandon RoyPOR−6.7 5.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Ben GordonDET−6.6 4.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jeff GreenBOS−6.0 7.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ryan GomesLAC−5.4 1.8 last 10 · 7.2 season