FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 12, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by LAC (vs MIN) and CHI (vs MIA).

Final · Box score
Pistons109
Bobcats85
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +30; Q4 DET +24
Final · OT · Box score
Heat86
Bulls96
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 Bulls 0; OT1 CHI +10
Final · Box score
Clippers95
Wolves82
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +13
Final · Box score
Grizzlies97
Spurs107
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +10
Final · Box score
Mavs112
Warriors103
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +9
On this day · 2010–11Apr 12, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Spurs), 27 points.
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The lead · Heat-Bulls

Chicago flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Jason Kidd goes for 12 assists

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-5-20+10CHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Heat22192122286
Bulls191724241296
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 20, 13, 8, 16, 12, 13, 10, 19CHI19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 3, 3, 14, 8, 3, 6, 14, 17CHI17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 26, 23, 41, 34, 21, 26, 36, 30MIA30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 24, 16, 30, 15, 19, 20, 20, 21MIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Clippers-Wolves

Minnesota's skid reaches eight

Clippers won 95–82; the Timberwolves fall to 25–35. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
L@ MEM86–93W@ CHA88–83Lvs BOS79–100L@ POR106–119L@ SAC108–116Lvs GSW94–97L@ NOH90–99Lvs PHX90–114L@ DEN107–113Lvs LAC82–95
Lead changes
Heat-Bulls9
Clippers-Wolves8
Grizzlies-Spurs7
Mavs-Warriors7
Pistons-Bobcats0
The night in charts
Mavs-Warriors combined for 215, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 112, Warriors 103
215
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 97, Spurs 107
204
Pistons-BobcatsPistons 109, Bobcats 85
194
Heat-BullsHeat 86, Bulls 96
182
Clippers-WolvesClippers 95, Wolves 82
177
DAL won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 112, Warriors 103
+9 DAL
Heat-BullsHeat 86, Bulls 96
+10 CHI
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 97, Spurs 107
+10 SAS
Clippers-WolvesClippers 95, Wolves 82
+13 LAC
Pistons-BobcatsPistons 109, Bobcats 85
+24 DET
LAC rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-WolvesLAC won · Clippers 95, Wolves 82
5 pts
Heat-BullsCHI won · Heat 86, Bulls 96
5 pts
Grizzlies-SpursSAS won · Grizzlies 97, Spurs 107
4 pts
Monroe shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MonroeDET · 25 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
79% (11-14)
DuncanSAS · 28 PTS, 12 REB, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
KnightDET · 21 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
67% (8-12)
WatsonCHI · 16 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
60% (6-10)
RandolphMIN · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
58% (7-12)
Final · Mavs-Warriors
Mavs 112Warriors 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs27362623112
Warriors20293024103
The story
Dallas beat Golden State 112-103 behind 27 points from Dirk Nowitzki

David Lee paced Golden State: 30 PTS, 8 REB 27 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB · 10-23 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

A 27-20 first quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +7+14+10+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Bulls
Heat 86Bulls 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Heat22192122286
Bulls191724241296
The story
C.J. Watson had 16 points and 9 assists as Chicago beat Miami 96-86 in OT

Dwyane Wade led Miami with 21 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 16 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL · 6-10 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The Bulls won the overtime 12-2.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −3−5−20+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Pistons-Bobcats
Pistons 109Bobcats 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons22304017109
Bobcats1822222385
The story
Greg Monroe's 25 points and 11 rebounds carried Detroit past Charlotte, 109-85

For Charlotte, D.J. Augustin had 13 PTS, 5 AST 25 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 11-14 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 40-22, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
300 +4+12+30+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 30

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 26, 23, 41, 34, 21, 26, 36, 30Heat-Bulls · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 27, 22, 31, 26, 17, 10, 21, 30Warriors-Mavs · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 18, 23, 7, 10, 19, 13, 14, 28Spurs-Grizzlies · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 25, 28, 19, 23, 23, 17, 15, 27Mavs-Warriors · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 14, 16, 22, 18, 8, 11, 9, 25Pistons-Bobcats · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 18, 6, 13, 23, 15, 17, 12, 24Warriors-Mavs · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Goran DragicHOU+9.6 20.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
JJ HicksonPOR+8.0 15.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Shannon BrownPHX+6.8 17.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.6 28.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Glen DavisORL+6.3 15.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Nick YoungLAC−6.1 8.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.4 10.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
Richard HamiltonCHI−3.6 7.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Drew GoodenMIL−3.4 10.2 last 10 · 13.6 season