FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 18, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed NJN by 15 after the first quarter and won 91–88.

Final · Box score
Heat100
Hawks103
Q1 Hawks 0; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 Hawks 0; Q4 ATL +3
Final · Box score
Nets88
Sixers91
Q1 PHI -15; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +3
Final · Box score
Bucks103
Wizards116
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +13
Final · Box score
Clippers95
Grizzlies101
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +18; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +6
Final · Box score
Sonics105
Kings111
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +6
On this day · 2004–05Apr 18, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Bucks), 39 points.
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The lead · Nets-Sixers

Philadelphia storms back from 15 down to beat New Jersey

Gilbert Arenas goes for 43 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-6+2+3PHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2914222388
Sixers1423302491
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 6, 4, 10, 19, 10, 4, 8, 27PHI27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 9 games: 9, 7, 0, 7, 6, 8, 3, 5, 14PHI14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 5, 2, 3, 0, 9, 4, 2, 19NJN19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 20, 33, 25, 43, 21, 15, 13, 16NJN16 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Sonics-Kings

Sacramento makes it three straight

Sacramento beat Seattle 111–105 and moved to 44–38. Bonzi Wells led Sacramento with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · SAC
W@ GSW96–93Wvs LAC106–96L@ DAL101–127W@ SAS97–87W@ LAC96–93Wvs HOU86–77Lvs PHX110–123W@ DEN100–82Wvs NOK96–79Wvs SEA111–105
Lead changes
Heat-Hawks9
Bucks-Wizards8
Sonics-Kings7
Nets-Sixers1
Clippers-Grizzlies1
Shot of the night

Lue's three with 8.3 seconds left breaks the tie, 103-100 final

The night in charts
Bucks-Wizards combined for 219, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-WizardsBucks 103, Wizards 116
219
Sonics-KingsSonics 105, Kings 111
216
Heat-HawksHeat 100, Hawks 103
203
Clippers-GrizzliesClippers 95, Grizzlies 101
196
Nets-SixersNets 88, Sixers 91
179
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Heat-HawksHeat 100, Hawks 103
+3 ATL
Nets-SixersNets 88, Sixers 91
+3 PHI
Sonics-KingsSonics 105, Kings 111
+6 SAC
Clippers-GrizzliesClippers 95, Grizzlies 101
+6 MEM
Bucks-WizardsBucks 103, Wizards 116
+13 WAS
PHI erased a 15-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-SixersPHI won · Nets 88, Sixers 91
15 pts
Bucks-WizardsWAS won · Bucks 103, Wizards 116
3 pts
Sonics-KingsSAC won · Sonics 105, Kings 111
3 pts
Heat-HawksATL won · Heat 100, Hawks 103
1 pt
Singleton shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SingletonLAC · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
Lorenzen WrightMEM · 17 PTS, 5 REB
70% (7-10)
Dorell WrightMIA · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST
64% (7-11)
CollisonSEA · 20 PTS, 11 REB, 2 BLK
62% (8-13)
Marvin WilliamsATL · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Nets-Sixers
Nets 88Sixers 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2914222388
Sixers1423302491
The story
Andre Iguodala had 27 points and 8 assists as Philadelphia beat New Jersey 91-88

Lamond Murray led New Jersey with 19 PTS, 6 REB 27 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB · 9-19 FG, 1-8 3PT

The swing

Down 15 after the first, the 76ers took the second 23-14.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −15−6+2+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Hawks
Heat 100Hawks 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat28252522100
Hawks28242625103
The story
Zaza Pachulia's 18 points carried Atlanta past Miami, 103-100

For Miami, Dorell Wright had 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 18 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 5-7 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 25-22, was where the Hawks built it.

ATL lead by quarter
200 0−10+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Wizards
Bucks 103Wizards 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks23203921103
Wizards20343329116
The story
Washington beat Milwaukee 116-103 behind 28 points from Antawn Jamison

Bobby Simmons paced Milwaukee: 20 PTS, 4 REB 28 PTS, 9 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 10-19 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 34-20 second quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −3+11+5+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 77 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 57 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg45.1Today

45 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 43

Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 39, 16, 25, 25, 16, 24, 23, 36, 19, 43Bucks-Wizards · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 38, 41, 30, 32, 25, 36, 35, 43Wizards-Bucks · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 13, 24, 8, 37, 16, 16, 16, 28Wizards-Bucks · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 6, 4, 10, 19, 10, 4, 8, 27Sixers-Nets · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 34, 6, 19, 16, 14, 9, 16, 26Bucks-Wizards · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 32, 38, 30, 14, 36, 33, 21, 26Sonics-Kings · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mike JamesTOR+8.1 28.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+7.9 22.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+6.5 18.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Josh SmithATL+6.0 17.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Hedo TurkogluORL+5.9 20.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsMIL−6.4 5.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Eddie JonesMEM−5.9 5.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
David WesleyHOU−5.3 4.6 last 10 · 9.9 season