FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 15, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIN by 10 at halftime and won 88–83.

Final · Box score
GSW121
LAC103
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +18
Final · Box score
NJN119
ATL107
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +12
Final · Box score
OKC85
PHI110
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +25
Final · Box score
UTA93
CLE105
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +12
Final · Box score
POR88
MIN83
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +5
Final · Box score
IND91
CHI104
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +13
Final · Box score
NOH82
HOU91
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +9
Final · OT · Box score
BOS102
MIL97
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
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 15, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Manu Ginobili (SAS @ DAL), 25 points.
The lead · POR @ MIN

Portland turns it around against Minnesota

From 10 down at the half to a 5-point win: 88–83. Brandon Roy led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+2-10-6+5POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2714242388
MIN2526201283
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 20, 18, 17, 24, 27, 22, 21, 24POR24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Greg OdenPoints, last 4 games: 0, 3, 11, 13POR13 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 8 games: 21, 14, 24, 30, 14, 27, 25, 26MIN26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 8 games: 11, 13, 10, 25, 16, 14, 10, 10MIN10 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Philadelphia posts the night's biggest win

Philadelphia beat OKC by 25, the widest margin of 8 games.

POR over MIN5BOS over MIL5HOU over NOH9NJN over ATL12CLE over UTA12CHI over IND13GSW over LAC18PHI over OKC25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg15.0Last 4

15.0 points a game over his last four games, against 7.7 in 3 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 7 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg48.4Today

48 minutes today, against 33.1 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 15, 29, 41, 27, 41, 41, 22, 38CLE vs UTA · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 4 games: 7, 8, 8, 37GSW @ LAC · W
15.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 6 games: 13, 13, 11, 38, 30, 33NJN @ ATL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 9 games: 25, 35, 24, 17, 25, 17, 28, 32, 31ATL vs NJN · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 9 games: 21, 20, 19, 18, 31, 22, 28, 26, 29NJN @ ATL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 13, 20, 18, 7, 36, 34, 19, 28BOS @ MIL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST