FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 24, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CLE by 15 after the first quarter and won 97–87.

Final · Box score
TOR93
ATL97
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +4
Final · Box score
NYK101
BOS77
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +24
Final · Box score
ORL107
MIA104
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +3
Final · Box score
CHI108
PHI123
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +15
Final · Box score
CHA95
DET104
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +9
Final · Box score
CLE87
IND97
Q1 IND -15; Q2 IND -12; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +10
Final · Box score
WAS80
MEM95
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +15
Final · Box score
MIN86
NOK79
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +7
Final · Box score
DAL95
SAS92
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +3
Final · Box score
GSW129
DEN140
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +11
Final · Box score
LAL108
UTA114
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +6
Final · Box score
NJN93
PHX99
Q1 PHX +18; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +6
Final · Box score
SAC109
SEA100
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +9
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 24, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs SEA), 34 points.
The lead · CLE @ IND

Indiana storms back from 15 down to beat Cleveland

The Pacers trailed by 15 after one and won 97–87. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-12+4+10IND AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE272992287
IND1232252897
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 9, 12, 8, 17, 20, 26, 23, 29IND29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 4, 7, 2, 16, 15, 17, 19, 19IND19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 38, 29, 32, 37, 20, 15, 30, 30CLE30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 0, 3, 17, 1, 4, 22, 8, 17CLE17 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Thirteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: New York by 24.

ORL over MIA3DAL over SAS3ATL over TOR4UTA over LAL6PHX over NJN6MIN over NOK7DET over CHA9SAC over SEA9IND over CLE10DEN over GSW11PHI over CHI15MEM over WAS15NYK over BOS24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 11 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 11 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 46

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: 32, 39, 31, 20, 35, 21, 28, 23, 29, 46PHI vs CHI · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 19, 30, 26, 24, 26, 20, 24, 35SAC @ SEA · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 34, 24, 37, 20, 37, 29, 18, 33MIA vs ORL · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 24, 32, 16, 14, 22, 35, 32, 31UTA vs LAL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Andris BiedrinsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 10, 3, 13, 14, 9, 8, 13, 7, 31GSW @ DEN · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 35, 26, 31, 26, 24, 24, 30, 31DAL @ SAS · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST