FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 17, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 12 after the first quarter and won 111–105.

Final · Box score
GSW108
CLE114
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +6
Final · Box score
OKC100
MIA87
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +13
Final · Box score
IND91
NJN83
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +8
Final · Box score
LAC102
NOH110
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +8
Final · Box score
PHX111
HOU105
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +6
Final · Box score
TOR112
DEN130
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +18
Final · Box score
CHI101
SAC87
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +14
Final · Box score
DET93
LAL106
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +25; Q4 LAL +13
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 17, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ UTA), 30 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Phoenix rallies from 12 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 12 after one, Phoenix outscored the Rockets 89–71 the rest of the way. Final: 111–105. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-12-3-4+6PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX22302633111
HOU34212723105
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 25, 22, 17, 17, 21, 8, 30, 23PHX23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 0, 34, 22, 29, 13, 5, 8, 20PHX20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 10, 20, 21, 19, 20, 2, 15, 27HOU27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 15, 15, 21, 9, 17, 28, 9, 19HOU19 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Denver by 18.

CLE over GSW6PHX over HOU6IND over NJN8NOH over LAC8OKC over MIA13LAL over DET13CHI over SAC14DEN over TOR18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 10 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 9 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg33.7Today

34 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 31, 41, 41, 28, 29, 19, 18, 40LAL vs DET · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 28, 27, 28, 37, 30, 25, 40, 32OKC @ MIA · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 41, 42, 25, 22, 30, 30, 20, 32, 25, 32DEN vs TOR · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 14, 27, 25, 33, 36, 34, 21, 31CLE vs GSW · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 6, 4, 6, 8, 15, 12, 20, 30LAC @ NOH · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 4 games: 5, 18, 20, 29DEN vs TOR · W
18.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST