FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 5, 2012Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed BOS by 11 at halftime and won 93–86.

Final · Box score
Knicks96
Magic80
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +16
Final · Box score
Wizards94
Pistons99
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +5
Final · Box score
Celtics86
Bulls93
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -11; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +7
Final · Box score
Clippers93
Kings85
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +8
On this day · 2010–11Apr 5, 2011: 13 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (Raptors-Knicks), 36 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Bulls

Chicago climbs out of an 11-point hole against Boston

Luol Deng goes for 26 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-11+1+7CHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2227172086
Bulls1820292693
Who led
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 17, 23, 9, 22, 20, 8, 24, 26CHI26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 8, 2, 2, 10, 19, 5, 15, 17CHI17 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 20, 21, 36, 20, 21, 23, 15, 22BOS22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Brandon BassPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 18, 11, 15, 19, 12, 16, 9, 15BOS15 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Wizards-Pistons

Detroit leads Washington wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 99–94. Best quarter: the first, 28–21. Greg Monroe led Detroit with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DET over WAS5CHI over BOS7LAC over SAC8NYK over ORL16Final margin, points. Pink = DET over WAS.
Lead changes
Clippers-Kings16
Knicks-Magic4
Celtics-Bulls4
Wizards-Pistons2
The night in charts
Wizards-Pistons combined for 193, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-PistonsWizards 94, Pistons 99
193
Celtics-BullsCeltics 86, Bulls 93
179
Clippers-KingsClippers 93, Kings 85
178
Knicks-MagicKnicks 96, Magic 80
176
DET won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Wizards-PistonsWizards 94, Pistons 99
+5 DET
Celtics-BullsCeltics 86, Bulls 93
+7 CHI
Clippers-KingsClippers 93, Kings 85
+8 LAC
Knicks-MagicKnicks 96, Magic 80
+16 NYK
Monroe shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MonroeDET · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
BlakeLAC · 14 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Glen DavisORL · 15 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
DouglasNYK · 15 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
SeraphinWAS · 15 PTS, 9 REB, 2 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Wizards-Pistons
Wizards 94Pistons 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2119243094
Pistons2823252399
The story
Greg Monroe's 18 points carried Detroit past Washington, 99-94

Jason Maxiell chipped in 11 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST · 7-10 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 28-21, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
200 +7+11+12+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Bulls
Celtics 86Bulls 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2227172086
Bulls1820292693
The story
Joakim Noah had 17 points as Chicago beat Boston 93-86

Brandon Bass led Boston with 15 PTS, 5 REB 17 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 5-6 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the second, the Bulls took the third 29-17.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −4−11+1+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Kings
Clippers 93Kings 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2721192693
Kings2319202385
The story
Los Angeles beat Sacramento 93-85 behind 13 points and 8 assists from Chris Paul

Tyreke Evans paced Sacramento: 14 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 13 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 5 STL · 4-16 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 27-23 first quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +4+6+5+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg13.6Last 3

13.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 17 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 24.9 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

John Wall leads the day with 28

John WallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 12, 14, 13, 9, 13, 14, 13, 28Wizards-Pistons · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 17, 23, 9, 22, 20, 8, 24, 26Bulls-Celtics · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 20, 21, 36, 20, 21, 23, 15, 22Celtics-Bulls · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 23, 3, 18, 5, 9, 20, 17, 28, 11, 20Clippers-Kings · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 12, 15, 28, 25, 36, 19, 39, 19Knicks-Magic · W
21.0 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 5, 12, 10, 8, 14, 16, 22, 18Pistons-Wizards · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Goran DragicHOU+8.1 18.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+6.6 24.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.1 16.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
JJ HicksonPOR+5.5 12.1 last 10 · 6.6 season
Josh SmithATL+5.5 24.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−4.9 15.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−4.3 13.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
MarShon BrooksNJN−4.1 8.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Nick YoungLAC−4.0 11.4 last 10 · 15.4 season