FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 28, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MIN by 5 after the first quarter and won 101–95.

Final · Box score
SAS110
ORL89
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +21
Final · Box score
POR82
WAS84
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +2
Final · Box score
CHA91
ATL94
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +3
Final · Box score
BKN95
BOS83
Q1 BKN +8; Q2 BKN +13; Q3 BKN +15; Q4 BKN +12
Final · Box score
PHX77
DET117
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +40
Final · Box score
DAL78
CHI101
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +23
Final · Box score
TOR82
MEM103
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +20; Q4 MEM +21
Final · Box score
NYK102
MIL88
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +14
Final · Box score
UTA96
NOH84
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +12
Final · Box score
HOU98
OKC120
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +22
Final · Box score
MIN95
LAC101
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +6
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 @ LAC

Clippers get past Minnesota

101–95, with Clippers ahead 57–55 at halftime. Chris Paul led Clippers with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-5+2-1+6LAC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2827221895
LAC23341925101
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 16, 8, 19, 9, 14, 19, 20, 23LAC23 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 20, 26, 16, 23, 14, 22, 4, 18LAC18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 5 games: 34, 24, 15, 23, 19MIN19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Alexey ShvedPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 16, 13, 22, 8, 4, 9, 8, 17MIN17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · POR @ WAS

Washington edges Portland by two

Portland won the fourth 23–16, but Washington held on, 84–82. Jordan Crawford led Washington with 19 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over POR2ATL over CHA3LAC over MIN6BKN over BOS12UTA over NOH12NYK over MIL14SAS over ORL21MEM over TOR21OKC over HOU22CHI over DAL23DET over PHX40Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.5Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg18.8Last 3

18.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 34, 27, 25, 35, 29, 37, 18, 37OKC vs HOU · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 20, 26, 29, 23, 37, 29, 35, 29NYK @ MIL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Patrick PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 6, 15, 14, 19, 20, 10, 22, 27HOU @ OKC · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 11, 10, 8, 13, 4, 19, 9, 26CHA @ ATL · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 16, 8, 19, 9, 14, 19, 20, 23LAC vs MIN · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 17, 15, 16, 15, 17, 18, 6, 23OKC vs HOU · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST