FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 29, 2013Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DAL by 14 at halftime and won 88–87.

Final · Box score
MIL76
CHA92
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +16
Final · Box score
SAS109
ORL91
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +18
Final · Box score
MIA90
TOR83
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +7
Final · Box score
DAL87
ATL88
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -14; Q3 ATL -11; Q4 ATL +1
Final · Box score
CLE86
BOS103
Q1 BOS +18; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +17
Final · Box score
LAL106
DET102
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -10; Q4 LAL +4
Final · Box score
BKN95
HOU114
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +26; Q3 HOU +30; Q4 HOU +19
Final · Box score
WAS73
IND93
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +20
Final · OT · Box score
GSW112
OKC113
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +1
Final · Box score
NOP121
PHI105
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +16
Final · Box score
NYK95
DEN97
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +2
Final · Box score
PHX112
UTA101
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +11
Final · OT · Box score
LAC104
SAC98
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 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
On this day · 2012–13Nov 29, 2012: 2 games. Top scorer: David Lee (GSW vs DEN), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 14 down to beat Dallas

Trailing by 14 at the half, Atlanta outscored the Mavericks 49–34 the rest of the way. Final: 88–87. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 25 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-5-14-11+1ATL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2825221287
ATL2316252488
Who led
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 16, 9, 18, 18, 13, 15, 4, 25ATL25 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 12, 12, 10, 17, 18, 15, 14, 17ATL17 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 18, 20, 35, 18, 27, 18, 22, 16DAL16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 11, 14, 13, 5, 11, 12, 12, 16DAL16 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 20.

ATL over DAL1OKC over GSW1DEN over NYK2LAL over DET4LAC over SAC6MIA over TOR7PHX over UTA11CHA over MIL16NOP over PHI16BOS over CLE17SAS over ORL18HOU over BKN19IND over WAS20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg14.2Last 3

14.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 13, 19, 31, 26, 30, 12, 6, 34OKC vs GSW · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 25, 22, 15, 22, 22, 16, 29, 32GSW @ OKC · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 13, 8, 16, 18, 8, 8, 13, 31LAC @ SAC · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 2, 4, 19, 20, 16, 13, 26, 31BOS vs CLE · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 39, 30, 13, 21, 22, 35, 28, 27MIA @ TOR · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Wesley JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 10, 0, 13, 2, 7, 11, 4, 27LAL @ DET · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST