FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 12, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed SAC by 7 at halftime and won 95–92.

Final · Box score
Mavs92
Hornets102
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 Hornets 0; Q4 NOH +10
Final · Box score
Celtics76
Cavs107
Q1 CLE +22; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +31
Final · Box score
Knicks105
Heat122
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +17
Final · Box score
Sixers104
Raptors111
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 Raptors 0; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +7
Final · Box score
Spurs95
Kings92
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +3
Final · Box score
Grizzlies75
Lakers92
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +17
On this day · 2007–08Apr 12, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (Pacers-Bobcats), 37 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Kings

San Antonio takes over late to edge Sacramento

Dwyane Wade goes for 55 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-7-3+3SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2430202195
Kings2536161592
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 42, 18, 20, 11, 31, 24, 21, 17, 31, 25SAS25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Roger Mason Jr.Points, last 10 games: 18, 8, 0, 10, 0, 8, 13, 18, 16, 22SAS22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 17, 11, 22, 5, 21, 22, 8, 24SAC24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 19, 22, 29, 10, 19, 17, 8, 12SAC12 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Boston by 31, the widest margin of 6 games.

SAS over SAC3TOR over PHI7NOH over DAL10MIA over NYK17LAL over MEM17CLE over BOS31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Lead changes
Sixers-Raptors21
Spurs-Kings10
Mavs-Hornets8
Knicks-Heat5
Grizzlies-Lakers3
Celtics-Cavs0
Shot of the night

Finley's three with 1.3 seconds left breaks the tie, 95-92 final

The night in charts
Knicks-Heat combined for 227, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-HeatKnicks 105, Heat 122
227
Sixers-RaptorsSixers 104, Raptors 111
215
Mavs-HornetsMavs 92, Hornets 102
194
Spurs-KingsSpurs 95, Kings 92
187
Celtics-CavsCeltics 76, Cavs 107
183
Grizzlies-LakersGrizzlies 75, Lakers 92
167
SAS won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Spurs-KingsSpurs 95, Kings 92
+3 SAS
Sixers-RaptorsSixers 104, Raptors 111
+7 TOR
Mavs-HornetsMavs 92, Hornets 102
+10 NOH
Grizzlies-LakersGrizzlies 75, Lakers 92
+17 LAL
Knicks-HeatKnicks 105, Heat 122
+17 MIA
Celtics-CavsCeltics 76, Cavs 107
+31 CLE
SAS rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-KingsSAS won · Spurs 95, Kings 92
7 pts
Knicks-HeatMIA won · Knicks 105, Heat 122
2 pts
CP3 shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CP3NOH · 31 PTS, 17 AST, 9 REB, 2 STL
73% (11-15)
WestNOH · 31 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
67% (14-21)
LeBronCLE · 29 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
D WadeMIA · 55 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
63% (19-30)
BeasleyMIA · 28 PTS, 16 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
63% (12-19)
Final · Spurs-Kings
Spurs 95Kings 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2430202195
Kings2536161592
The story
Tony Parker's 25 points and 9 assists carried San Antonio past Sacramento, 95-92

For Sacramento, Spencer Hawes had 24 PTS, 8 REB 25 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB · 11-23 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 21-15.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −1−7−3+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Hornets
Mavs 92Hornets 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs1331252392
Hornets22232433102
The story
New Orleans beat Dallas 102-92 behind 31 points and 17 assists from Chris Paul

Dirk Nowitzki paced Dallas: 29 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST 31 PTS, 17 AST, 9 REB · 11-15 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

A 33-23 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Hornets.

NOH lead by quarter
200 +9+10+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Heat
Knicks 105Heat 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks26392614105
Heat37263425122
The story
Michael Beasley had 28 points and 16 rebounds as Miami beat New York 122-105

Al Harrington led New York with 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 16 REB, 1 AST · 12-19 FG, 3-3 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the first 37-26, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +11−2+6+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 80 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 72 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 55

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 27, 42, 23, 27, 33, 32, 31, 55Heat-Knicks · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high55 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 15, 30, 43, 19, 26, 29, 42, 31Hornets-Mavs · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 17 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 40, 19, 31, 23, 20, 28, 20, 31Hornets-Mavs · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 20, 23, 30, 35, 28, 31, 25, 29Mavs-Hornets · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 25, 31, 26, 38, 21, 27, 29Cavs-Celtics · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 11, 6, 17, 14, 13, 25, 23, 28Heat-Knicks · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Brandon RushIND+8.1 15.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Glen DavisBOS+7.5 14.2 last 10 · 6.7 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.8 19.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Anthony MorrowGSW+5.8 15.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−7.0 14.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−6.6 10.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Larry HughesNYK−5.4 6.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season