FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 11, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DAL113
MIA93
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +20
Final
MIN96
HOU91
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +5
Final
DET109
DEN117
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +8
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 · 2003–04Nov 11, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ WAS), 40 points.
The lead · MIN @ HOU

Minnesota beats Houston, 96–91

Minnesota led 71–68 after three and won by 5. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 20 points, 17 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+5+3+5MIN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3616192596
HOU2522212391
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 5 games: 28, 25, 29, 22, 20MIN20 PTS · 17 REB · 9 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 5 games: 19, 6, 15, 8, 18MIN18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 6 games: 7, 17, 8, 33, 14, 25HOU25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 6 games: 12, 13, 9, 6, 12, 19HOU19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DET @ DEN

Denver leads Detroit wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 117–109. Best quarter: the third, 33–26. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over HOU5DEN over DET8DAL over MIA20Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 5 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 4 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 41

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 6 games: 33, 19, 22, 25, 20, 41DAL @ MIA · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 6 games: 20, 19, 7, 17, 20, 34DEN vs DET · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 6 games: 3, 14, 17, 13, 10, 32DEN vs DET · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 5 games: 15, 24, 17, 20, 25DET @ DEN · L
20.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 6 games: 7, 17, 8, 33, 14, 25HOU vs MIN · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 5 games: 16, 17, 13, 20, 22MIA vs DAL · L
17.6 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST