FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 6, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 107–104.

Final · Box score
WAS103
ORL106
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +3
Final · Box score
SAS105
NYK93
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +12
Final · Box score
MIL85
CHI110
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +25
Final · Box score
GSW107
DAL104
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +3
Final · Box score
DET101
UTA103
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +2
Final · Box score
MIN81
SAC93
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +12
Final · Box score
POR89
LAC102
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +13
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 · 2005–06Nov 6, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs DEN), 37 points.
The lead · GSW @ DAL

Golden State holds off Dallas, 107–104

Golden State led 84–83 after three and held on to win by three. Baron Davis led Golden State with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-7-2+1+3GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW27302723107
DAL34252421104
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 4 games: 18, 17, 2, 26GSW26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 4 games: 15, 8, 11, 22GSW22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 3 games: 21, 24, 26DAL26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 3 games: 2, 4, 17DAL17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bulls rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Milwaukee by 25.

UTA over DET2ORL over WAS3GSW over DAL3SAS over NYK12SAC over MIN12LAC over POR13CHI over MIL25Final 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
+11.5points, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Points per game
5.82005–06 avg17.3Last 3

17.3 points a game over his last three games, against 5.8 in 2005–06 (77 games). Today: 23 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
23.02005–06 avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 2005–06 (50 games). Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
15.72005–06 avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 2005–06 (71 games). Line: 14 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 37

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 4 games: 6, 24, 5, 37CHI vs MIL · W
18.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 4 games: 30, 22, 17, 35POR @ LAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 4 games: 37, 15, 26, 30MIL @ CHI · L
27.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 3 games: 20, 29, 29WAS @ ORL · L
26.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 3 games: 21, 24, 26DAL vs GSW · L
23.7 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 4 games: 18, 17, 2, 26GSW @ DAL · W
15.8 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST