FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 29, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed GSW by 7 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final · Box score
TOR95
PHI84
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +11
Final · Box score
ATL99
ORL85
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +14
Final · Box score
NJN95
WAS85
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +10
Final · Box score
MIA115
NYK120
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
IND94
DET100
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +6
Final · Box score
SAC96
MIN98
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +2
Final · Box score
MIL98
OKC87
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +11
Final · Box score
PHX103
SAS98
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +5
Final · Box score
MEM71
HOU82
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +11
Final · Box score
DEN94
UTA98
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +4
Final · Box score
NOH108
GSW103
Q1 NOH -7; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +5
Final · Box score
LAL117
LAC79
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +28; Q4 LAL +38
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · NOH @ GSW

New Orleans takes care of Golden State

A 5-point win, 108–103. David West led New Orleans with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-7-1+1+5NOH AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH27292923108
GSW34232719103
Who led
David WestNOH24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulNOH21 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Corey MaggetteGSW27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonGSW26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, today vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
19.62007–08 avg33Today

33 points today in 39 minutes, against 19.6 a game in 2007–08 (80 games).

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
23.42007–08 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.4 in 2007–08 (74 games). Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
9.82007–08 avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 2007–08 (60 games). Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Clippers by 38, the widest margin of 12 games.

MIN over SAC2UTA over DEN4NYK over MIA5PHX over SAS5NOH over GSW5DET over IND6NJN over WAS10TOR over PHI11MIL over OKC11HOU over MEM11ATL over ORL14LAL over LAC38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 33

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.
Danny GrangerIND @ DET · L
33.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerSAS vs PHX · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanSAS vs PHX · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordNYK vs MIA · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshTOR @ PHI · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggetteGSW vs NOH · L
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST