FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 1, 2008Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed PHI by 16 after the first quarter and won 95–88.

Final · Box score
PHI88
ATL95
Q1 ATL -16; Q2 ATL -13; Q3 ATL -9; Q4 ATL +7
Final · Box score
MIA87
CHA100
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +13
Final · Box score
BOS79
IND95
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +16
Final · Box score
SAC103
ORL121
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +18
Final · Box score
WAS109
DET117
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +8
Final · Box score
GSW105
NJN97
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +8
Final · Box score
DAL95
MIN85
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +10
Final · Box score
CLE92
NOH104
Q1 NOH -8; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +12
Final · Box score
MEM86
CHI96
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +10
Final · Box score
OKC77
HOU89
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +12
Final · Box score
TOR91
MIL87
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +4
Final · Box score
LAL104
DEN97
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +7
Final · Box score
LAC79
UTA101
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +22
Final · Box score
POR96
PHX107
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +11
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 · 2007–08Nov 1, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ UTA), 47 points.
The lead · PHI @ ATL

Joe Johnson drops 35 in 16-point comeback win over Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 16 after one. Final: 95–88.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-16-13-9+7ATL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI3423181388
ATL1826222995
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 2 games: 25, 35ATL35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 2 games: 12, 19ATL19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 3 games: 8, 13, 22PHI22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 3 games: 14, 24, 17PHI17 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
3.42007–08 avg13.0Last 2

13.0 points a game over his last two games, against 3.4 in 2007–08 (45 games). Today: 16 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
23.42007–08 avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 2007–08 (74 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
17.22007–08 avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 2007–08 (51 games). Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Fourteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Utah by 22.

TOR over MIL4ATL over PHI7LAL over DEN7DET over WAS8GSW over NJN8DAL over MIN10CHI over MEM10PHX over POR11NOH over CLE12HOU over OKC12CHA over MIA13IND over BOS16ORL over SAC18UTA over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Joe Johnson 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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 2 games: 25, 35ATL vs PHI · W
30.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 2 games: 13, 34CHA vs MIA · W
23.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 3 games: 23, 16, 33LAL @ DEN · W
24.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 3 games: 17, 9, 31SAC @ ORL · L
19.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 3 games: 22, 14, 29ORL vs SAC · W
21.7 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 3 games: 11, 23, 26ORL vs SAC · W
20.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST