FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 22, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed NOH by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–95.

Final · Box score
BOS99
ATL76
Q1 BOS +26; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +29; Q4 BOS +23
Final · Box score
IND93
MIA77
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +16
Final · Box score
MIN107
OKC117
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +10
Final · Box score
PHX123
HOU116
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +7
Final · Box score
ORL97
SAS106
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
SAC83
UTA94
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +11
Final · Box score
DEN106
GSW89
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +17
Final · Box score
NOH95
LAC99
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +4
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 22, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ NYK), 33 points.
The lead · NOH @ LAC

Clippers knock off New Orleans, 99–95

The Hornets came in at 11–1; the Clippers at 1–13. Eric Gordon led Clippers with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-2+4+4LAC AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH3720162295
LAC3322222299
Who led
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 21, 27, 28, 30, 30, 19, 25, 27LAC27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 10, 11, 18, 11, 26, 12, 44, 24LAC24 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 25, 6, 18, 12, 17, 34, 17, 30NOH30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 14, 13, 11, 22, 20, 15, 9, 14NOH14 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · ORL @ SAS

San Antonio makes it eleven straight

San Antonio beat Orlando 106–97 and moved to 12–1. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
W@ PHX112–110Wvs HOU124–121W@ CHA95–91Wvs LAC107–95Wvs PHI116–93W@ OKC117–104Wvs CHI103–94W@ UTA94–82Wvs CLE116–92Wvs ORL106–97SAS: last 10 games through Nov 22, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 12 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg36.3Today

36 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 39

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 32, 13, 32, 20, 26, 18, 28, 39DEN @ GSW · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 25, 6, 18, 12, 17, 34, 17, 30NOH @ LAC · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 28, 34, 31, 34, 23, 30, 24, 28OKC vs MIN · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 21, 27, 28, 30, 30, 19, 25, 27LAC vs NOH · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 27, 14, 25, 16, 18, 20, 25, 26ORL @ SAS · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 21, 17, 14, 35, 11, 11, 7, 13, 26PHX @ HOU · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST