FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 7, 2008Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed DET by 13 after the first quarter and won 103–96.

Final · Box score
NOH89
CHA92
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +3
Final · Box score
NYK114
WAS108
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +6
Final · Box score
TOR92
ATL110
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +18
Final · Box score
MIL89
BOS101
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +12
Final · Box score
IND107
CLE111
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +4
Final · Box score
DET96
NJN103
Q1 NJN -13; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +7
Final · Box score
MIA99
SAS83
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +16
Final · Box score
PHX83
CHI100
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +17
Final · Box score
OKC97
UTA104
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +29; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +7
Final · Box score
MIN109
SAC121
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +12
Final · Box score
DAL105
DEN108
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +3
Final · Box score
MEM109
GSW104
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +5
Final · Box score
HOU92
LAC83
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +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 · 2007–08Nov 7, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (LAC @ IND), 35 points.
The lead · DET @ NJN

Devin Harris goes for 38 in New Jersey win over Detroit

New Jersey won 103–96.

Game flow · NJN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-5+2+7NJN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2717262696
NJN14253331103
Who led
Devin HarrisPoints, last 4 games: 13, 13, 11, 38NJN38 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Josh BoonePoints, last 4 games: 4, 17, 2, 18NJN18 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 4 games: 18, 25, 13, 24DET24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 5 games: 15, 24, 19, 22, 22DET22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Atlanta by 18.

CHA over NOH3DEN over DAL3CLE over IND4MEM over GSW5NYK over WAS6NJN over DET7UTA over OKC7HOU over LAC9BOS over MIL12SAC over MIN12MIA over SAS16CHI over PHX17ATL over TOR18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg18.8Last 4

18.8 points a game over his last four games, against 12.3 in 3 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
34.92007–08 avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 2007–08 (79 games). Today: 6 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg42.4Today

42 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Devin Harris leads the day with 38

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.
Devin HarrisPoints, last 4 games: 13, 13, 11, 38NJN vs DET · W
18.8 PPG season to date
Career high38 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 5 games: 26, 20, 19, 29, 33MIA @ SAS · W
25.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 4 games: 33, 20, 23, 33IND @ CLE · L
27.2 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 4 games: 13, 21, 27, 30WAS vs NYK · L
22.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 3 games: 13, 28, 28DEN vs DAL · W
23.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 6 games: 22, 22, 15, 29, 41, 27CLE vs IND · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST