FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 15, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DEN by 12 at halftime and won 100–94.

Final · Box score
MIN110
CHA113
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +3
Final · Box score
MEM72
ORL89
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +17
Final · Box score
NOH95
DAL98
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +3
Final · Box score
DEN94
PHX100
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +6
Final · Box score
OKC115
UTA108
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +7
Final · Box score
DET97
GSW101
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
NJN110
LAC96
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +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 · 2009–10Nov 15, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs LAC), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHX

Phoenix climbs out of a 12-point hole against Denver

Down 12 at the half, the Suns won the fourth quarter 31–18 and the game 100–94. Hakim Warrick led Phoenix with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final0-2-12-7+6PHX AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2236181894
PHX20262331100
Who led
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 2, 19, 15, 6, 16, 18, 6, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 8, 19, 25, 19, 16, 28, 21, 15PHX15 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 24, 20, 30, 27, 32, 13, 32, 20DEN20 PTS · 22 REB · 2 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 10, 17, 16, 2, 15, 17, 5, 15DEN15 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 17.

CHA over MIN3DAL over NOH3GSW over DET4PHX over DEN6OKC over UTA7NJN over LAC14ORL over MEM17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 10 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 31

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.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 22, 23, 30, 21, 30, 24, 17, 31UTA vs OKC · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 28, 16, 28, 34, 31, 34, 23, 30OKC @ UTA · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 9 games: 22, 19, 9, 23, 27, 21, 27, 28, 30LAC vs NJN · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 11, 16, 15, 17, 42, 35, 25, 28MIN @ CHA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 39, 23, 24, 28, 22, 24, 24, 27GSW vs DET · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 20, 13, 25, 7, 19, 25, 13, 26CHA vs MIN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST