FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 4, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by DET (vs BOS) and SEA (vs MIN).

Final · Box score
MEM94
ORL85
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +9
Final · Box score
CHA110
PHI93
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +17
Final · Box score
NJN102
TOR92
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +19; Q4 NJN +10
Final · Box score
DET82
BOS81
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +1
Final · Box score
WAS86
NYK75
Q1 WAS +16; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +11
Final · Box score
CLE76
SAS102
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +26
Final · Box score
POR68
DEN107
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +39
Final · Box score
UTA91
GSW85
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +6
Final · Box score
ATL77
LAC92
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +15
Final · OT · Box score
MIN102
SEA107
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA -5; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2004–05Nov 4, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs CLE), 28 points.
The lead · DET @ BOS

Detroit wins a tight one over Boston

82–81. Neither team led by more than 5 at any break. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-5+1+1DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2216232182
BOS1825172181
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 2 games: 37, 26DET26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 2 games: 12, 16DET16 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 2 games: 30, 28BOS28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mark BlountPoints, last 2 games: 19, 16BOS16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Points per game
18.72004–05 avg31.5Last 2

31.5 points a game over his last two games, against 18.7 in 2004–05 (76 games). Today: 26 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
35.52004–05 avg16.0Last 2

16.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 35.5 in 2004–05 (82 games). Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
13.82004–05 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 2004–05 (76 games). Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Portland by 39, the widest margin of 10 games.

DET over BOS1SEA over MIN5UTA over GSW6MEM over ORL9NJN over TOR10WAS over NYK11LAC over ATL15CHA over PHI17SAS over CLE26DEN over POR39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Richard Jefferson leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 2 games: 18, 35NJN @ TOR · W
26.5 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 2 games: 31, 32SEA vs MIN · W
31.5 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 3 games: 35, 31, 29PHI vs CHA · L
31.7 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 2 games: 30, 28BOS vs DET · L
29.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 2 games: 21, 27WAS @ NYK · W
24.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 2 games: 37, 26DET @ BOS · W
31.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST