FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 22, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed IND by 12 at halftime and won 109–100.

Final · Box score
MIL79
CHA74
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +5
Final · Box score
HOU100
ORL95
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +5
Final · Box score
ATL96
CLE110
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +14
Final · Box score
IND100
MIA109
Q1 MIA -11; Q2 MIA -12; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +9
Final · Box score
LAC95
NJN112
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +17
Final · Box score
WAS117
NYK122
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
UTA103
MEM94
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +9
Final · Box score
OKC97
NOH109
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +12
Final · Box score
POR92
PHX102
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · IND @ MIA

Dwyane Wade goes for 38 in Miami win over Indiana

Miami won 109–100.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-11-120+9MIA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND31291921100
MIA20283130109
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 30, 33, 36, 24, 29, 19, 40, 38MIA38 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 12, 4, 10, 12, 8, 12, 20, 18MIA18 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 14, 14, 16, 17, 13, 11, 25, 25IND25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 33, 23, 20, 18, 15, 34, 21, 23IND23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · HOU @ ORL

Houston takes care of Orlando

A 5-point win, 100–95. Yao Ming led Houston with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over CHA5HOU over ORL5NYK over WAS5MIA over IND9UTA over MEM9PHX over POR10NOH over OKC12CLE over ATL14NJN over LAC17Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 13 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg18.8Last 3

18.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg27.5Today

28 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 30, 33, 36, 24, 29, 19, 40, 38MIA vs IND · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 3, 3, 8, 5, 17, 13, 7, 34NYK vs WAS · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 11, 21, 21, 18, 18, 22, 19, 33NOH vs OKC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 23, 22, 12, 25, 11, 14, 18, 30LAC @ NJN · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 20, 37, 23, 13, 29, 18, 17, 30OKC @ NOH · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 20, 21, 30, 17, 12, 20, 17, 29NOH vs OKC · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 16 AST