FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 5, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed BKN by 15 at halftime and won 107–96.

Final · Box score
NYK110
PHI88
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +21; Q4 NYK +22
Final · Box score
MIN107
BKN96
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -15; Q3 MIN -11; Q4 MIN +11
Final · Box score
PHX99
MIA124
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +25
Final · Box score
UTA94
MEM103
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +9
Final · Box score
POR91
DAL114
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +23
Final · Box score
IND79
SAS101
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +22
Final · Box score
GSW92
SAC94
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +2
Final · Box score
CLE108
LAC101
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +7
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 · MIN @ BKN

Minnesota erases 15-point lead, steals one from Brooklyn

Brooklyn led 62–47 at halftime. Minnesota won the second half 60–34 to take it 107–96. Nikola Pekovic led Minnesota with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-4-15-11+11MIN AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN27202832107
BKN3131241096
Who led
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 3 games: 9, 15, 21MIN21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 3 games: 10, 17, 16MIN16 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 2 games: 14, 19BKN19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 2 games: 19, 18BKN18 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Miami by 25.

SAC over GSW2CLE over LAC7MEM over UTA9MIN over BKN11NYK over PHI22SAS over IND22DAL over POR23MIA over PHX25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
14.62011–12 avg21.0Last 3

21.0 points a game over his last three games, against 14.6 in 2011–12 (65 games). Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
21.12011–12 avg5.5Last 2

5.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.1 in 2011–12 (64 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.7minutes, today vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
26.32011–12 avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 26.3 a game in 2011–12 (28 games). Line: 16 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

O.J. Mayo leads the day with 32

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.
O.J. MayoPoints, last 4 games: 12, 12, 30, 32DAL vs POR · W
21.5 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 4 games: 17, 7, 13, 28CLE @ LAC · W
16.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 4 games: 29, 15, 27, 24CLE @ LAC · W
23.8 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 4 games: 14, 11, 21, 23SAC vs GSW · W
17.2 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 26, 23, 20, 23MIA vs PHX · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 3 games: 20, 21, 22MEM vs UTA · W
21.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST