FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 11, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BOS by 11 at halftime and won 102–94.

Final · Box score
Sixers102
Celtics94
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 Sixers 0; Q4 PHI +8
Final · Box score
Wizards82
Heat85
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +3
Final · Box score
Magic99
Pistons104
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +5
Final · Box score
Pacers104
Bucks98
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +6
Final · Box score
Mavs105
Wolves88
Q1 Mavs 0; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +17
Final · Box score
Kings100
Spurs109
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
Nuggets115
Jazz106
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
Sonics91
Suns109
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +18
Final · Box score
Rockets99
Blazers95
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +4
On this day · 2005–06Apr 11, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Bulls), 43 points.
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The lead · Sixers-Celtics

Philadelphia rallies from 11 down to beat Boston

Tim Duncan goes for 26 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-110+8PHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers20272926102
Celtics2929181894
Who led
Steven HunterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 11, 4, 2, 12, 6, 5, 7, 20PHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 16, 3, 14, 14, 10, 5, 19, 19PHI19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 8, 9, 17, 13, 24, 12, 7, 26BOS26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 2, 12, 25, 8, 21, 12, 33, 22BOS22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Mavs-Wolves

Dallas makes it three straight

Dallas beat Minnesota 105–88 and moved to 65–13. Austin Croshere led Dallas with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · DAL
W@ ATL104–97W@ NOK105–89Wvs MIL105–103Wvs NYK105–103L@ PHX104–126W@ SAC97–93L@ DEN71–75Wvs POR86–74Wvs LAC96–86W@ MIN105–88
Lead changes
Kings-Spurs24
Wizards-Heat10
Sonics-Suns6
Sixers-Celtics5
Nuggets-Jazz4
Pacers-Bucks1
Mavs-Wolves1
Rockets-Blazers1
Magic-Pistons1
The night in charts
Nuggets-Jazz combined for 221, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-JazzNuggets 115, Jazz 106
221
Kings-SpursKings 100, Spurs 109
209
Magic-PistonsMagic 99, Pistons 104
203
Pacers-BucksPacers 104, Bucks 98
202
Sonics-SunsSonics 91, Suns 109
200
Sixers-CelticsSixers 102, Celtics 94
196
Rockets-BlazersRockets 99, Blazers 95
194
Mavs-WolvesMavs 105, Wolves 88
193
Wizards-HeatWizards 82, Heat 85
167
3 of 9 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Wizards-HeatWizards 82, Heat 85
+3 MIA
Rockets-BlazersRockets 99, Blazers 95
+4 HOU
Magic-PistonsMagic 99, Pistons 104
+5 DET
Pacers-BucksPacers 104, Bucks 98
+6 IND
Sixers-CelticsSixers 102, Celtics 94
+8 PHI
Kings-SpursKings 100, Spurs 109
+9 SAS
Nuggets-JazzNuggets 115, Jazz 106
+9 DEN
Mavs-WolvesMavs 105, Wolves 88
+17 DAL
Sonics-SunsSonics 91, Suns 109
+18 PHX
PHI erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sixers-CelticsPHI won · Sixers 102, Celtics 94
11 pts
Mavs-WolvesDAL won · Mavs 105, Wolves 88
3 pts
Sonics-SunsPHX won · Sonics 91, Suns 109
2 pts
Wizards-HeatMIA won · Wizards 82, Heat 85
2 pts
Kings-SpursSAS won · Kings 100, Spurs 109
1 pt
Grant Hill shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Grant HillORL · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
83% (10-12)
DuncanSAS · 26 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK
79% (11-14)
BillupsDET · 28 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
77% (10-13)
NoelMIL · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
FinleySAS · 19 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB
70% (7-10)
Final · Wizards-Heat
Wizards 82Heat 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2116232282
Heat2510272385
The story
Dwyane Wade had 16 points as Miami beat Washington 85-82

Brendan Haywood led Washington with 14 PTS, 10 REB 16 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB · 6-11 FG

The swing

The Heat won the first 25-21, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +4−2+2+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Antoine Walker led the game in fantasy with 34.9 FPTS (19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Rockets-Blazers
Rockets 99Blazers 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2825252199
Blazers1620233695
The story
Yao Ming's 27 points and 12 rebounds carried Houston past Portland, 99-95

For Portland, Brandon Roy had 20 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB 27 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST · 8-18 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 28-16, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +12+17+19+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Pistons
Magic 99Pistons 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2125272699
Pistons34222820104
The story
Detroit beat Orlando 104-99 behind 28 points and 8 assists from Chauncey Billups

Jameer Nelson paced Orlando: 17 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 28 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB · 10-13 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

A 34-21 first quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 +13+10+11+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 74 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 32

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 22, 27, 30, 20, 0, 40, 27, 32Rockets-Blazers · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 32, 32, 31, 31, 23, 23, 33, 32Nuggets-Jazz · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 24, 6, 9, 12, 14, 10, 17, 31Jazz-Nuggets · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 21, 27, 19, 27, 9, 35, 20, 30Sonics-Suns · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 12, 32, 17, 11, 17, 14, 22, 28Pistons-Magic · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 22, 24, 39, 35, 9, 18, 31, 27Rockets-Blazers · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 24.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+6.1 16.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Gerald GreenBOS+5.9 16.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 6.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.9 8.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Mickael PietrusGSW−5.2 5.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Chris WebberDET−5.1 6.4 last 10 · 11.5 season