FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 18, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed CHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 102–94.

Final · Box score
IND76
NYK88
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Box score
ORL86
TOR97
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +11
Final · Box score
CLE79
PHI86
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +7
Final · Box score
BKN99
SAC90
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +9
Final · Box score
GSW109
OKC119
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +10
Final · Box score
BOS83
DET103
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +20
Final · Box score
CHI94
POR102
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +8
Final · Box score
HOU108
LAL119
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +11
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 · CHI @ POR

Portland beats Chicago, 102–94

Portland led 73–68 after three and won by 8. Nicolas Batum led Portland with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+8+5+8POR AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI3013252694
POR23282229102
Who led
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 26, 3, 17, 14, 23, 33, 19, 15, 35, 21POR21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 16, 20, 10, 10, 17, 18, 15, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 15, 11, 2, 18, 11, 11, 11, 18CHI18 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 11, 20, 9, 17, 17, 21, 4, 16CHI16 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Second story · CLE @ PHI

Cleveland's skid reaches six

Philadelphia won 86–79; the Cavaliers fall to 2–8. Evan Turner led Philadelphia with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Streak strip · CLE
Wvs WAS94–84Lvs CHI86–115L@ MIL102–105W@ LAC108–101L@ GSW96–106L@ PHX105–107L@ OKC91–106L@ BKN101–114Lvs DAL95–103L@ PHI79–86CLE: last 10 games through Nov 18, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
23.02011–12 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 2011–12 (59 games). Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.4Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 6.4 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 30

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 32, 14, 19, 16, 10, 27, 33, 17, 10, 30OKC vs GSW · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 8 games: 14, 11, 21, 23, 21, 14, 9, 29SAC vs BKN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 13, 28, 19, 6, 23, 13, 18, 28LAL vs HOU · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 8 games: 30, 27, 21, 31, 25, 9, 20, 26NYK vs IND · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 15, 24, 25, 26, 26, 34, 27, 25OKC vs GSW · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Bo Outlaw ORL, Apr 17, 1998: 25 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
25 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 9, 8, 19, 8, 25, 13, 19, 24HOU @ LAL · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST