FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 13, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed LAC by 17 after the first quarter and won 104–89.

Final · Box score
NJN72
ORL88
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +16
Final · Box score
UTA112
PHI90
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +23; Q4 UTA +22
Final · Box score
GSW121
NYK107
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +14
Final · Box score
ATL97
BOS86
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +11
Final · Box score
DAL89
MIN77
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +12
Final · Box score
POR86
NOH78
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +8
Final · Box score
HOU100
SAC109
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +9
Final · Box score
LAL79
DEN105
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +26
Final · Box score
TOR104
LAC89
Q1 TOR -17; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +15
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 · 2008–09Nov 13, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI vs DAL), 35 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAC

Toronto storms back from 17 down to beat Clippers

The Raptors trailed by 17 after one and won 104–89. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-90+15TOR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR17282930104
LAC3420201589
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 9 games: 21, 37, 35, 25, 27, 26, 32, 28, 21TOR21 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 9 games: 28, 12, 26, 22, 14, 22, 17, 16, 19TOR19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 21, 27, 25, 22, 26, 14, 20, 25LAC25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 21, 9, 13, 25, 15, 8, 17, 17LAC17 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Lakers by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

POR over NOH8SAC over HOU9ATL over BOS11DAL over MIN12GSW over NYK14TOR over LAC15ORL over NJN16UTA over PHI22DEN over LAL26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
13.4Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg17.9Last 3

17.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 5.2 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Trevor Ariza leads the day with 28

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.
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 9 games: 12, 25, 33, 15, 15, 21, 9, 17, 28HOU @ SAC · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jason ThompsonPoints, last 9 games: 11, 9, 6, 7, 22, 12, 19, 21, 27SAC vs HOU · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 24, 8, 25, 22, 20, 15, 11, 26ORL vs NJN · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 21, 27, 25, 22, 26, 14, 20, 25LAC vs TOR · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 41, 42, 25, 22, 30, 30, 20, 32, 25DEN vs LAL · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 9 games: 12, 20, 7, 12, 27, 16, 23, 10, 24UTA @ PHI · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST