FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 17, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by MEM (vs MIN) and SAS (vs LAL).

Final · Box score
Pacers102
Sixers97
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +5; Q3 Pacers 0; Q4 IND +5
Final · Box score
Cavs77
Pistons116
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +50; Q4 DET +39
Final · Box score
Grizzlies91
Wolves84
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +7
Final · Box score
Celtics110
Knicks118
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +19; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +8
Final · Box score
Spurs112
Lakers91
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +21
On this day · 2010–11Apr 17, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Thunder-Nuggets), 41 points.
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The lead · Grizzlies-Wolves

Memphis beats Minnesota, 91–84

Carmelo Anthony posts a triple-double

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-1+8+7MEM AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies3223221491
Wolves2234131584
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 17, 25, 16, 32, 19, 26, 24, 28MEM28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 15, 12, 13, 12, 11, 17, 5, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 15, 10, 16, 12, 10, 24, 14, 28MIN28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 10, 11, 11, 12, 17, 14, 10, 16MIN16 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Spurs-Lakers

San Antonio routs Lakers by 21

San Antonio led by 16 at halftime and won 112–91. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over PHI5MEM over MIN7NYK over BOS8SAS over LAL21DET over CLE39Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over LAL.
Lead changes
Grizzlies-Wolves11
Spurs-Lakers11
Pacers-Sixers8
Celtics-Knicks3
Cavs-Pistons0
The night in charts
Celtics-Knicks combined for 228, 25 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 110, Knicks 118
228
Spurs-LakersSpurs 112, Lakers 91
203
Pacers-SixersPacers 102, Sixers 97
199
Cavs-PistonsCavs 77, Pistons 116
193
Grizzlies-WolvesGrizzlies 91, Wolves 84
175
IND won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Pacers-SixersPacers 102, Sixers 97
+5 IND
Grizzlies-WolvesGrizzlies 91, Wolves 84
+7 MEM
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 110, Knicks 118
+8 NYK
Spurs-LakersSpurs 112, Lakers 91
+21 SAS
Cavs-PistonsCavs 77, Pistons 116
+39 DET
MEM rallied from 1 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Grizzlies-WolvesMEM won · Grizzlies 91, Wolves 84
1 pt
Spurs-LakersSAS won · Spurs 112, Lakers 91
1 pt
Knight shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KnightDET · 28 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB
92% (11-12)
ChandlerNYK · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
90% (9-10)
NovakNYK · 25 PTS, 2 AST
80% (8-10)
ParkerSAS · 29 PTS, 13 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
70% (14-20)
Thaddeus YoungPHI · 19 PTS, 6 REB
70% (7-10)
Final · Pacers-Sixers
Pacers 102Sixers 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers23242332102
Sixers2121282797
The story
Indiana beat Philadelphia 102-97 behind 24 points from Danny Granger

Thaddeus Young paced Philadelphia: 19 PTS, 6 REB 24 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 8-19 FG, 6-8 3PT

The swing

A 32-27 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Pacers.

IND lead by quarter
200 +2+50+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Andre Iguodala topped the game at 41.9 FPTS: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST

Final · Celtics-Knicks
Celtics 110Knicks 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics26273126110
Knicks32402422118
The story
JR Smith had 25 points as New York beat Boston 118-110

Rajon Rondo led Boston with 13 PTS, 13 AST, 6 REB 25 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB · 8-16 FG, 7-10 3PT

The swing

The Knicks won the second 40-27, their biggest quarter edge.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +6+19+12+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Pistons
Cavs 77Pistons 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1622122777
Pistons27343916116
The story
Brandon Knight's 28 points carried Detroit past Cleveland, 116-77

For Cleveland, Tristan Thompson had 13 REB, 12 PTS, 2 AST 28 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB · 11-12 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 39-12, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
500 +11+23+50+39 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Greg Monroe was the fantasy play: 49.1 FPTS on 13 REB, 12 PTS, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg22.2Last 3

22.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 43

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 22, 24, 17, 27, 14, 18, 17, 43Celtics-Knicks · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Tracy McGrady ORL, Mar 9, 2003: 43 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Season high43 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 39, 19, 43, 29, 32, 18, 42, 35Knicks-Celtics · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Luka Doncic DAL, Jan 27, 2019: 35 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
35 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 10, 7, 28, 4, 13, 14, 8, 29Spurs-Lakers · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 15, 10, 16, 12, 10, 24, 14, 28Wolves-Grizzlies · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 17, 25, 16, 32, 19, 26, 24, 28Grizzlies-Wolves · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 6, 13, 16, 7, 21, 25, 13, 28Pistons-Cavs · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Goran DragicHOU+9.2 20.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+8.8 31.2 last 10 · 22.4 season
Avery BradleyBOS+7.2 14.0 last 10 · 6.8 season
Metta World PeaceLAL+6.9 14.3 last 10 · 7.4 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.3 18.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Nick YoungLAC−5.4 9.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
James HardenOKC−4.0 12.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Tony ParkerSAS−3.6 15.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season