FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 7, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed SEA by 8 at halftime and won 105–98.

Final · Box score
PHX96
ATL105
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +9
Final · Box score
LAC104
IND89
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +15
Final · Box score
CHA63
PHI94
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +31
Final · Box score
ORL105
TOR96
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +9
Final · Box score
DEN93
BOS119
Q1 BOS +16; Q2 BOS +39; Q3 BOS +37; Q4 BOS +26
Final · Box score
MIA78
SAS88
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +10
Final · Box score
MEM105
SEA98
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +7
Final · Box score
NOH90
POR93
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +3
Final · Box score
CLE101
UTA103
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +2
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 · 2006–07Nov 7, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs ATL), 34 points.
The lead · MEM @ SEA

Memphis climbs out of an 8-point hole against Seattle

Down 8 at the half, the Grizzlies won the third quarter 38–24 and the game 105–98. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-8+6+7MEM AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM27223818105
SEA2433241798
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 3 games: 16, 13, 25MEM25 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 3 games: 11, 14, 20MEM20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 5 games: 14, 23, 17, 7, 21SEA21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Damien WilkinsPoints, last 5 games: 21, 12, 22, 6, 18SEA18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Points per game
10.82006–07 avg18.0Last 3

18.0 points a game over his last three games, against 10.8 in 2006–07 (78 games). Today: 25 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
25.72006–07 avg7.1Last 3

7.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 2006–07 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Philadelphia by 31.

UTA over CLE2POR over NOH3MEM over SEA7ATL over PHX9ORL over TOR9SAS over MIA10LAC over IND15BOS over DEN26PHI over CHA31Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 35

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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 4 games: 10, 11, 7, 35LAC @ IND · W
15.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
David WestPoints, last 5 games: 17, 14, 17, 22, 34NOH @ POR · L
20.8 PPG season to date
Ties career high34 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 5 games: 18, 19, 30, 10, 34PHX @ ATL · L
22.2 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 5 games: 10, 45, 27, 24, 32CLE @ UTA · L
27.6 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 5 games: 16, 15, 19, 1, 26TOR vs ORL · L
15.4 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 3 games: 28, 13, 26BOS vs DEN · W
22.3 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST