FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 15, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed CHA by 17 at halftime and won 112–108.

Final · Box score
Magic121
Hawks105
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +16
Final · Box score
Wolves103
Pistons115
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +12
Final · OT · Box score
Bobcats108
Nets112
Q1 NJN -15; Q2 NJN -17; Q3 NJN -9; Q4 Nets 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final · Box score
Clippers92
Hornets114
Q1 Hornets 0; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +15; Q4 NOH +22
Final · Box score
Grizzlies91
Blazers113
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +22
Final · Box score
Kings101
Lakers124
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +29; Q4 LAL +23
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The lead · Bobcats-Nets

New Jersey needs overtime to survive Charlotte

Jason Richardson goes for 31 points

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-17-90+4NJN AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Bobcats3328141914108
Nets1826222818112
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 14, 15, 28, 15, 14, 24, 28NJN28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 33, 32, 29, 32, 19, 21, 21, 18NJN18 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 26, 31, 27, 9, 36, 25, 26, 31CHA31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 4, 11, 11, 7, 17, 3, 16, 19CHA19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Grizzlies-Blazers9
Magic-Hawks6
Clippers-Hornets6
Wolves-Pistons2
Bobcats-Nets2
Kings-Lakers0
The night in charts
Magic-Hawks combined for 226, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-HawksMagic 121, Hawks 105
226
Kings-LakersKings 101, Lakers 124
225
Bobcats-NetsBobcats 108, Nets 112
220
Wolves-PistonsWolves 103, Pistons 115
218
Clippers-HornetsClippers 92, Hornets 114
206
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 91, Blazers 113
204
NJN won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Bobcats-NetsBobcats 108, Nets 112
+4 NJN
Wolves-PistonsWolves 103, Pistons 115
+12 DET
Magic-HawksMagic 121, Hawks 105
+16 ORL
Clippers-HornetsClippers 92, Hornets 114
+22 NOH
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 91, Blazers 113
+22 POR
Kings-LakersKings 101, Lakers 124
+23 LAL
NJN erased a 17-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bobcats-NetsNJN won · Bobcats 108, Nets 112
17 pts
Magic-HawksORL won · Magic 121, Hawks 105
4 pts
Grizzlies-BlazersPOR won · Grizzlies 91, Blazers 113
3 pts
Clippers-HornetsNOH won · Clippers 92, Hornets 114
2 pts
Pau shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PauLAL · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
82% (9-11)
FryePOR · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
80% (8-10)
CP3NOH · 22 PTS, 12 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
77% (10-13)
UdrihSAC · 22 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB
71% (10-14)
WestNOH · 32 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
71% (12-17)
Final · Bobcats-Nets
Bobcats 108Nets 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Bobcats3328141914108
Nets1826222818112
The story
Richard Jefferson had 28 points as New Jersey beat Charlotte 112-108 in OT

Raymond Felton led Charlotte with 18 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 28 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 11-21 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the third, the Nets took the fourth 28-19.

NJN lead by quarter
200 −15−17−90+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Clippers-Hornets
Clippers 92Hornets 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2625172492
Hornets26233431114
The story
Chris Paul's 22 points and 12 assists carried New Orleans past Los Angeles, 114-92

For Los Angeles, Al Thornton had 26 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 12 AST, 4 REB · 10-13 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Hornets trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 34-17.

NOH lead by quarter
300 0−2+15+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Blazers
Grizzlies 91Blazers 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2721212291
Blazers24312830113
The story
Portland beat Memphis 113-91 behind 18 points from Jarrett Jack

Mike Conley paced Memphis: 13 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB 18 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 6-12 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 31-21 second quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
300 −3+7+14+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Hakim Warrick topped the game at 49.3 FPTS: 17 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Magic-Hawks

Orlando beats Atlanta, 121–105

Orlando led 87–78 after three and won by 16. Maurice Evans led Orlando with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over CHA4DET over MIN12ORL over ATL16NOH over LAC22POR over MEM22LAL over SAC23Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over ATL.
Top performances

David West leads the day with 32

David WestPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 22, 17, 25, 14, 22, 14, 30, 32Hornets-Clippers · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Quincy DoubyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 5, 0, 5, 15, 13, 5, 7, 32Kings-Lakers · L
4.9 PPG season to date · +27.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 26, 31, 27, 9, 36, 25, 26, 31Bobcats-Nets · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 12, 24, 18, 40, 14, 18, 21, 30Wolves-Pistons · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 14, 15, 28, 15, 14, 24, 28Nets-Bobcats · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Maurice EvansPoints, last 10 games: 14, 3, 10, 11, 11, 16, 6, 17, 10, 27Magic-Hawks · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Rasho NesterovicTOR+9.5 17.4 last 10 · 7.9 season
Chris QuinnMIA+6.9 14.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Al ThorntonLAC+6.6 19.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.8 17.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Jose CalderonTOR−6.2 5.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
LeBron JamesCLE−5.4 24.6 last 10 · 30.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−4.9 6.5 last 10 · 11.4 season