FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 9, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CLE by 21 after the first quarter and won 107–105.

Final · Box score
BKN107
ORL68
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +14; Q3 BKN +24; Q4 BKN +39
Final · Box score
MIL101
WAS91
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +10
Final · Box score
MIA95
ATL89
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
PHI106
BOS100
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +6
Final · Box score
DAL94
NYK104
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +10
Final · Box score
HOU85
MEM93
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +8
Final · Box score
IND94
MIN96
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +2
Final · Box score
CHA99
NOH107
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +8
Final · Box score
DET94
OKC105
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +11
Final · Box score
CLE105
PHX107
Q1 PHX -21; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +2
Final · Box score
SAS97
SAC86
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +11
Final · Box score
UTA84
DEN104
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +20
Final · Box score
GSW77
LAL101
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +24
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 · CLE @ PHX

Phoenix storms back from 21 down to beat Cleveland

The Suns trailed by 21 after one and won 107–105. Goran Dragic led Phoenix with 26 points, 0 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 comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-21-13-7+2PHX AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE37252122105
PHX16332731107
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 6 games: 17, 15, 12, 13, 16, 26PHX26 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Shannon BrownPoints, last 6 games: 8, 14, 6, 18, 24, 22PHX22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 6 games: 17, 7, 13, 28, 12, 23CLE23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Daniel GibsonPoints, last 6 games: 10, 3, 5, 3, 12, 19CLE19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · HOU @ MEM

Memphis makes it four straight

Memphis beat Houston 93–85 and moved to 4–1. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · MEM
L@ LAC92–101W@ GSW104–94Wvs UTA103–94W@ MIL108–90Wvs HOU93–85MEM: last 5 games through Nov 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg15.5Last 4

15.5 points a game over his last four games, against 9.3 in 3 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
26.42011–12 avg14.7Last 2

14.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.4 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 17 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg30.8Today

31 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 34

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 6, 12, 34CHA @ NOH · L
15.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 4 games: 30, 27, 21, 31NYK vs DAL · W
27.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
George HillPoints, last 6 games: 8, 8, 18, 15, 20, 29IND @ MIN · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 6 games: 22, 30, 40, 15, 29, 27LAL vs GSW · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 6 games: 17, 15, 12, 13, 16, 26PHX vs CLE · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 5 games: 5, 11, 11, 14, 25PHI @ BOS · W
13.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST