FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 14, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed OKC by 10 after the first quarter and won 107–97.

Final · Box score
DET94
PHI76
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +18
Final · Box score
UTA93
BOS98
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +5
Final · Box score
NOH96
HOU100
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +4
Final · Box score
IND85
MIL99
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +26; Q3 MIL +29; Q4 MIL +14
Final · Box score
CHA89
MIN87
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +2
Final · Box score
MEM107
OKC97
Q1 MEM -10; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +10
Final · Box score
WAS101
DAL107
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +6
Final · OT · Box score
CHI112
PHX106
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +6
Final · Box score
ATL88
GSW92
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
MIA100
LAC107
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +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 · MEM @ OKC

Memphis rallies from 10 down to beat OKC

Trailing by 10 after one, Memphis outscored the Thunder 87–67 the rest of the way. Final: 107–97. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-10+11+10+10MEM AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM20362526107
OKC3015262697
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 7 games: 25, 18, 15, 17, 21, 21, 28MEM28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 7 games: 15, 15, 16, 18, 15, 18, 20MEM20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 9 games: 23, 23, 22, 15, 24, 25, 26, 26, 34OKC34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 18, 32, 14, 19, 16, 10, 27, 33, 17OKC17 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Second story · UTA @ BOS

Boston handles Utah by 5

The Celtics won the third quarter 29–24. Final: 98–93. Paul Pierce led Boston with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over MIN2HOU over NOH4GSW over ATL4BOS over UTA5DAL over WAS6CHI over PHX6LAC over MIA7MEM over OKC10MIL over IND14DET over PHI18Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.0Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.0 in 8 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.6Season avg33.0Last 3

33.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.6 in 7 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 9 games: 23, 23, 22, 15, 24, 25, 26, 26, 34OKC vs MEM · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 26, 23, 20, 23, 20, 21, 20, 38, 30MIA @ LAC · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 8 games: 37, 45, 24, 15, 18, 20, 22, 30HOU vs NOH · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 8 games: 18, 19, 4, 12, 9, 2, 15, 28CHI @ PHX · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 7 games: 25, 18, 15, 17, 21, 21, 28MEM @ OKC · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 8 games: 10, 17, 16, 7, 6, 11, 16, 26MIN vs CHA · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST