FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 31, 2012Regular season · 9 games
← Oct 30CalendarNov 1 →

9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DET by 9 after three quarters and won 105–96.

Final · Box score
DEN75
PHI84
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +9
Final · Box score
IND90
TOR88
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -8; Q4 IND +2
Final · Box score
HOU105
DET96
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -9; Q4 HOU +9
Final · Box score
SAC87
CHI93
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +6
Final · Box score
SAS99
NOH95
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +4
Final · Box score
DAL94
UTA113
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +19
Final · Box score
GSW87
PHX85
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +2
Final · Box score
MEM92
LAC101
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +9
Final · Box score
LAL106
POR116
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · HOU @ DET

James Harden scores 37, Houston rallies past Detroit

Houston trailed by 9 after three and won 105–96.

Game flow · HOU 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+5-3-9+9HOU AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU27281733105
DET2236231596
Who led
James HardenHOU37 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Carlos DelfinoHOU15 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Brandon KnightDET15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroeDET14 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+20.2points, today vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
16.82011–12 avg37Today

37 points today in 44 minutes, against 16.8 a game in 2011–12 (62 games).

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.12011–12 avg14.1Last 2

14.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.1 in 2011–12 (65 games). Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
15.02011–12 avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 2011–12 (65 games). Line: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 19.

IND over TOR2GSW over PHX2SAS over NOH4CHI over SAC6PHI over DEN9HOU over DET9LAC over MEM9POR over LAL10UTA over DAL19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenHOU @ DET · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 2 games: 19, 33LAL @ POR · L
26.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 2 games: 22, 30LAL @ POR · L
26.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordLAC vs MEM · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Nicolas BatumPOR vs LAL · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayMEM @ LAC · L
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST