FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 16, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed IND by 8 after the first quarter and won 122–90.

Final · Box score
PHI121
TOR115
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +6
Final · Box score
SEA113
BOS100
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +13
Final · Box score
IND90
CHA122
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +32
Final · Box score
DEN91
NOK81
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +10
Final · Box score
MEM115
PHX103
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +12
Final · Box score
NYK92
LAL97
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +5
Final · Box score
CHI93
POR96
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +3
Final · Box score
MIL90
GSW87
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +3
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 16, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA @ PHI), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ CHA

Kareem Rush scores 35, Charlotte rallies past Indiana

Charlotte trailed by 8 after one and won 122–90.

Game flow · CHA 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.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+10+17+32CHA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3016261890
CHA22343333122
Who led
Kareem RushPoints, last 7 games: 8, 14, 0, 13, 15, 7, 35CHA35 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 9 games: 16, 24, 12, 12, 11, 11, 6, 8, 20CHA20 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 7 games: 16, 22, 15, 24, 30, 24, 27IND27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 7 games: 6, 11, 20, 14, 15, 20, 18IND18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Charlotte by 32.

POR over CHI3MIL over GSW3LAL over NYK5PHI over TOR6DEN over NOK10MEM over PHX12SEA over BOS13CHA over IND32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 7 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 42

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 33, 39, 37, 37, 28, 17, 18, 42LAL vs NYK · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 9 games: 35, 31, 29, 29, 25, 34, 28, 34, 42PHI @ TOR · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 8 games: 11, 13, 12, 17, 8, 36, 9, 38TOR vs PHI · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Kareem RushPoints, last 7 games: 8, 14, 0, 13, 15, 7, 35CHA vs IND · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 8 games: 31, 32, 15, 28, 17, 19, 19, 32SEA @ BOS · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 9 games: 23, 16, 14, 21, 18, 11, 23, 24, 31DEN @ NOK · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST