FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 9, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 12 after the first quarter and won 111–82.

Final · Box score
TOR89
CHA79
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +10
Final · Box score
UTA99
NYK107
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +8
Final · Box score
DAL92
LAC103
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +11
Final · Box score
BOS88
DET76
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +12
Final · Box score
ATL89
OKC85
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +4
Final · Box score
MEM90
DEN100
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +10
Final · Box score
GSW98
SAC115
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +17
Final · Box score
HOU82
LAL111
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +29
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 9, 2007: 13 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ WAS), 32 points.
The lead · HOU @ LAL

Lakers rally from 12 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 12 after one, Lakers outscored the Rockets 95–54 the rest of the way. Final: 111–82. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+2+7+29LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2820171782
LAL16342239111
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 5 games: 23, 16, 33, 27, 23LAL23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 5 games: 15, 13, 16, 9, 20LAL20 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 6 games: 14, 4, 12, 14, 0, 20HOU20 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 7 games: 12, 7, 10, 21, 14, 14, 12HOU12 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Lakers by 29.

ATL over OKC4NYK over UTA8TOR over CHA10DEN over MEM10LAC over DAL11BOS over DET12SAC over GSW17LAL over HOU29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 5 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki 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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 6 games: 36, 21, 8, 30, 23, 33DAL @ LAC · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 6 games: 29, 14, 1, 16, 23, 32NYK vs UTA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 7 games: 10, 17, 16, 13, 28, 20, 31MEM @ DEN · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 6 games: 27, 31, 20, 26, 26, 30TOR @ CHA · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 7 games: 17, 9, 31, 14, 33, 26, 27SAC vs GSW · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 6 games: 20, 12, 15, 25, 22, 25NYK vs UTA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST