FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 9, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MEM by 12 at halftime and won 99–98.

Final · Box score
SEA85
CLE112
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +22; Q3 CLE +22; Q4 CLE +27
Final · Box score
DAL97
PHI112
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +15
Final · Box score
LAC102
WAS97
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +5
Final · Box score
MEM98
BOS99
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -12; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +1
Final · Box score
SAS94
CHA86
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +8
Final · Box score
UTA83
NJN91
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +8
Final · Box score
MIA90
IND95
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +5
Final · Box score
LAL74
MIN88
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +14
Final · Box score
ORL88
NOK83
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +5
Final · Box score
GSW84
CHI85
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -10; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +1
Final · Box score
NYK83
POR95
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +12
Final · Box score
SAC91
DEN107
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +16
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 9, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NOH), 31 points.
The lead · MEM @ BOS

Boston rallies from 12 down to beat Memphis

Trailing by 12 at the half, Boston outscored the Grizzlies 52–39 the rest of the way. Final: 99–98. Paul Pierce led Boston with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-12-5+1BOS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2831172298
BOS2720242899
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 4 games: 30, 28, 32, 29BOS29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 4 games: 27, 10, 21, 18BOS18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 5 games: 15, 25, 19, 10, 20MEM20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 5 games: 5, 6, 9, 8, 16MEM16 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Cleveland by 27.

BOS over MEM1CHI over GSW1LAC over WAS5IND over MIA5ORL over NOK5SAS over CHA8NJN over UTA8POR over NYK12MIN over LAL14PHI over DAL15DEN over SAC16CLE over SEA27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
21.22004–05 avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 2004–05 (72 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−9.0points, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Points per game
12.52004–05 avg3.5Last 2

3.5 points a game over his last two games, against 12.5 in 2004–05 (71 games). Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 31

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.
Elton BrandPoints, last 5 games: 15, 12, 27, 26, 31LAC @ WAS · W
22.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 5 games: 31, 20, 36, 27, 31CLE vs SEA · W
29.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 5 games: 23, 31, 21, 23, 29MIA @ IND · L
25.4 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 4 games: 30, 28, 32, 29BOS vs MEM · W
29.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 4 games: 18, 12, 21, 29POR vs NYK · W
20.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 5 games: 19, 21, 18, 24, 29SAS @ CHA · W
22.2 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST