FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 23, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed MIN by 12 at halftime and won 84–80.

Final · Box score
BOS117
ATL120
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +3
Final · Box score
WAS83
ORL91
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +8
Final · Box score
NYK95
CHA108
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +13
Final · Box score
DEN89
DET114
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +27; Q4 DET +25
Final · Box score
PHX100
HOU88
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +12
Final · Box score
POR79
MIA100
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +21
Final · Box score
PHI97
MIL108
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL -9; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +11
Final · Box score
MIN80
NOK84
Q1 NOK -9; Q2 NOK -12; Q3 NOK -2; Q4 NOK +4
Final · Box score
NJN105
SAC114
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +9
Final · Box score
SAS113
GSW89
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +30; Q3 SAS +33; Q4 SAS +24
Final · Box score
TOR100
LAC103
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -10; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +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 23, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs MIL), 30 points.
The lead · MIN @ NOK

New Orleans/Oklahoma City fights back from 12 down against Minnesota

Final: 84–80, after trailing by 12 at the half. David West led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NOK 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 Q3Final0-9-12-2+4NOK AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2622141880
NOK1719242484
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 12, 15, 16, 16, 9, 34, 20, 22NOK22 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 10, 26, 16, 18, 25, 21, 9, 21NOK21 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 22, 17, 19, 25, 25, 19, 24MIN24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 9 games: 8, 21, 9, 10, 10, 7, 16, 13, 17MIN17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Denver by 25.

ATL over BOS3LAC over TOR3NOK over MIN4ORL over WAS8SAC over NJN9MIL over PHI11PHX over HOU12CHA over NYK13MIA over POR21SAS over GSW24DET over DEN25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg15.4Last 3

15.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 9 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 45

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 34, 28, 34, 42, 33, 37, 24, 45PHI @ MIL · L
32.8 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 8 games: 18, 18, 14, 6, 23, 15, 14, 34ATL vs BOS · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 29, 20, 19, 23, 22, 26, 24, 33BOS @ ATL · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 30, 41, 23, 21, 28, 15, 27, 18, 25, 32MIL vs PHI · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 7 games: 20, 17, 20, 21, 21, 24, 30LAC vs TOR · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 19, 10, 15, 14, 13, 12, 21, 27GSW vs SAS · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST