FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 30, 2009Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DET by 8 after the first quarter and won 91–83.

Final · 2OT · Box score
NYK100
CHA102
Q1 CHA +19; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA 0; OT2 CHA +2
Final · Box score
MIL86
PHI99
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +13
Final · Box score
WAS89
ATL100
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +11
Final · Box score
CHI90
BOS118
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +27; Q4 BOS +28
Final · Box score
OKC91
DET83
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +8
Final · Box score
MIA96
IND83
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +13
Final · Box score
TOR107
MEM115
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +8
Final · Box score
CLE104
MIN87
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +17
Final · Box score
ORL95
NJN85
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +10
Final · Box score
SAC92
NOH97
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +5
Final · Box score
LAC98
UTA111
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +13
Final · Box score
GSW101
PHX123
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +22
Final · Box score
DAL94
LAL80
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +14
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 · 2008–09Oct 30, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs HOU), 36 points.
The lead · OKC @ DET

OKC climbs out of an 8-point hole against Detroit

Down 8 after one, the Thunder won the fourth quarter 29–22 and the game 91–83. Kevin Durant led OKC with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-7+1+8OKC AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC1622242991
DET2421162283
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 2 games: 25, 25OKC25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 2 games: 24, 16OKC16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 2 games: 22, 25DET25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 2 games: 12, 21DET21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
6.12008–09 avg19.0Last 2

19.0 points a game over his last two games, against 6.1 in 2008–09 (28 games). Today: 16 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.8minutes, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
26.32008–09 avg2.5Last 2

2.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.3 in 2008–09 (79 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
11.92008–09 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 2008–09 (63 games). Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Chicago by 28, the widest margin of 13 games.

CHA over NYK2NOH over SAC5OKC over DET8MEM over TOR8ORL over NJN10ATL over WAS11PHI over MIL13MIA over IND13UTA over LAC13DAL over LAL14CLE over MIN17PHX over GSW22BOS over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Chris Bosh 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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 2 games: 21, 37TOR @ MEM · L
29.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 2 games: 26, 32MIA @ IND · W
29.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 2 games: 26, 31NOH vs SAC · W
28.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 2 games: 14, 30MEM vs TOR · W
22.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 2 games: 25, 25OKC @ DET · W
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 2 games: 22, 25DET vs OKC · L
23.5 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST