FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 18, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed TOR by 5 after the first quarter and won 103–90.

Final · Box score
DAL100
CHA83
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +17
Final · Box score
ATL96
IND113
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +17
Final · Box score
TOR90
ORL103
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +13
Final · Box score
MIA94
WAS87
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +7
Final · Box score
NYK101
BOS110
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +9
Final · Box score
CLE106
NJN82
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +24
Final · Box score
SAC94
MEM109
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +15
Final · Box score
MIL105
DEN114
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
POR106
GSW111
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +5
Final · Box score
CHI109
LAL116
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +7
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 18, 2007: 4 games. Top scorer: T.J. Ford (TOR vs GSW), 29 points.
The lead · TOR @ ORL

Orlando makes it four straight

Orlando beat Toronto 103–90 and moved to 8–3. Hedo Turkoglu led Orlando with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Chris Bosh scored 40 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-50+6+13ORL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2619222390
ORL21242830103
Who led
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 10, 20, 11, 35, 15, 12, 20, 22ORL22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 21, 20, 5, 6, 13, 23, 17, 22ORL22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 20, 26, 26, 30, 9, 30, 27, 40TOR40 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 11, 8, 17, 5, 23, 19, 11, 16TOR16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 11 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.2minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
29.22007–08 avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 2007–08 (75 games). Today: 1 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · POR @ GSW

Golden State gets past Portland

111–106, with Golden State ahead 51–49 at halftime. Anthony Morrow led Golden State with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over POR5MIA over WAS7LAL over CHI7BOS over NYK9DEN over MIL9ORL over TOR13MEM over SAC15DAL over CHA17IND over ATL17CLE over NJN24Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over POR.
Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 40

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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 20, 26, 26, 30, 9, 30, 27, 40TOR @ ORL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 9 games: 15, 13, 16, 9, 20, 22, 14, 15, 34LAL vs CHI · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 9 games: 33, 20, 23, 33, 23, 20, 18, 15, 34IND vs ATL · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 30, 23, 33, 14, 12, 24, 39, 32DAL @ CHA · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 29, 41, 27, 41, 41, 22, 38, 31CLE @ NJN · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 8 games: 14, 24, 19, 24, 7, 21, 15, 25WAS vs MIA · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST