FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 29, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MEM by 11 at halftime and won 111–103.

Final · Box score
BOS89
CHA84
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +5
Final · Box score
IND96
ORL110
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +14
Final · Box score
ATL102
WAS98
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +4
Final · Box score
GSW125
NYK138
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +13
Final · Box score
OKC111
MEM103
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -11; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +8
Final · Box score
DEN106
MIN97
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
SAS84
HOU103
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +19
Final · Box score
CLE97
MIL85
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +12
Final · Box score
NJN105
UTA88
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +17
Final · Box score
DAL101
SAC78
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +23
Final · Box score
MIA96
LAC97
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +1
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 29, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (GSW vs HOU), 27 points.
The lead · OKC @ MEM

Kevin Durant scores 30, OKC rallies past Memphis

OKC trailed by 11 at the half and won 111–103.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-6-11-4+8OKC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC22213335111
MEM28262623103
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 29, 18, 17, 30, 29, 13, 22, 30OKC30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 16, 9, 3, 17, 13, 8, 22, 22OKC22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 25, 11, 19, 23, 26, 22, 32, 30MEM30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 18, 16, 12, 10, 10, 12, 12, 16MEM16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIN

Denver beats Minnesota, 106–97

Denver led 87–70 after three and won by 9. Chauncey Billups led Denver with 27 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over MIA1ATL over WAS4BOS over CHA5OKC over MEM8DEN over MIN9CLE over MIL12NYK over GSW13ORL over IND14NJN over UTA17HOU over SAS19DAL over SAC23Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 6 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

David Lee leads the day with 37

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.
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 18, 14, 10, 13, 22, 12, 17, 37NYK vs GSW · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 8 games: 13, 26, 14, 6, 3, 13, 25, 36NYK vs GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 38, 30, 33, 23, 30, 18, 21, 18, 34NJN @ UTA · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 4, 18, 24, 13, 24, 21, 26, 32ORL vs IND · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 17, 20, 24, 7, 17, 32, 11, 32GSW @ NYK · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 22, 38, 31, 25, 24, 26, 14, 23, 32CLE @ MIL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST