FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 9, 2011Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Hawks83
Wizards115
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +32
Final · Box score
Clippers78
Rockets99
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +21
Final · Box score
Cavs101
Bucks108
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +7
Final · Box score
Jazz102
Spurs111
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
Wolves106
Nuggets130
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +32; Q4 DEN +24
On this day · 2009–10Apr 9, 2010: 13 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavs-Blazers), 40 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Bucks

John Salmons scores 32 in Milwaukee win over Cleveland

Ty Lawson goes for 37 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+16+7+7MIL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs18263423101
Bucks30302523108
Who led
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 9, 5, 8, 19, 9, 17, 10, 32MIL32 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 2, 22, 8, 12, 18, 9, 12, 15MIL15 PTS · 13 REB · 13 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 10, 11, 10, 22, 11, 19, 10, 19CLE19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 11, 24, 26, 10, 18, 15, 13, 15CLE15 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Jazz-Spurs

San Antonio controls Utah start to finish

San Antonio won 111–102, leading by as many as 13 at a break. Richard Jefferson led San Antonio with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over CLE7SAS over UTA9HOU over LAC21DEN over MIN24WAS over ATL32Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over UTA.
Lead changes
Jazz-Spurs9
Wolves-Nuggets7
Clippers-Rockets3
Hawks-Wizards1
Cavs-Bucks0
The night in charts
Wolves-Nuggets combined for 236, 23 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-NuggetsWolves 106, Nuggets 130
236
Jazz-SpursJazz 102, Spurs 111
213
Cavs-BucksCavs 101, Bucks 108
209
Hawks-WizardsHawks 83, Wizards 115
198
Clippers-RocketsClippers 78, Rockets 99
177
MIL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Cavs-BucksCavs 101, Bucks 108
+7 MIL
Jazz-SpursJazz 102, Spurs 111
+9 SAS
Clippers-RocketsClippers 78, Rockets 99
+21 HOU
Wolves-NuggetsWolves 106, Nuggets 130
+24 DEN
Hawks-WizardsHawks 83, Wizards 115
+32 WAS
Salmons shot 14-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SalmonsMIL · 32 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB, 1 BLK
78% (14-18)
LawsonDEN · 37 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
69% (11-16)
JeffersonUTA · 23 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
HorfordATL · 21 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
FavorsUTA · 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Cavs-Bucks
Cavs 101Bucks 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs18263423101
Bucks30302523108
The story
Drew Gooden's a 15-13-13 triple-double carried Milwaukee past Cleveland, 108-101

For Cleveland, Baron Davis had 19 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 15 PTS, 13 REB, 13 AST · 6-12 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-18, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +12+16+7+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Nuggets
Wolves 106Nuggets 130
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves23281837106
Nuggets25403629130
The story
Denver beat Minnesota 130-106 behind 18 points from JR Smith

Anthony Randolph paced Minnesota: 13 PTS, 6 REB 18 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 6-16 FG, 6-13 3PT

The swing

A 36-18 third quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
400 +2+14+32+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hawks-Wizards
Hawks 83Wizards 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks1828261183
Wizards29322727115
The story
Andray Blatche had 23 points as Washington beat Atlanta 115-83

Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 16 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST · 9-15 FG

The swing

The Wizards won the fourth 27-11, their biggest quarter edge.

WAS lead by quarter
400 +11+15+16+32 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ty Lawson leads the day with 37

Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 17, 20, 8, 5, 28, 9, 5, 37Nuggets-Wolves · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +25.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 9, 5, 8, 19, 9, 17, 10, 32Bucks-Cavs · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 32, 22, 21, 15, 17, 11, 11, 10, 23Jazz-Spurs · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 0, 14, 36, 25, 26, 23, 20, 23Wizards-Hawks · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 23, 20, 11, 16, 14, 12, 10, 21Hawks-Wizards · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 13, 7, 14, 5, 12, 5, 9, 20Spurs-Jazz · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jordan CrawfordWAS+9.2 20.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+7.6 19.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jerryd BaylessTOR+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Maurice EvansWAS+6.1 12.4 last 10 · 6.3 season
JJ HicksonCLE+5.9 19.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−7.2 4.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR−6.3 6.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jeff GreenBOS−6.2 7.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN−5.8 9.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season