FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 8, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed ATL by 3 after the first quarter and won 103–97.

Final
LAL103
ATL97
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +6
Final
SEA69
MEM94
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +25
Final
GSW110
MIL103
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +7
Final
ORL76
HOU74
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +2
Final
DET102
SAC88
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +14
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 · 2004–05Nov 8, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Corey Maggette (LAC vs DET), 25 points.
The lead · LAL @ ATL

Kobe Bryant goes for 37 in Lakers win over Atlanta

Lakers won 103–97.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3+10+6LAL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL26223124103
ATL2922182897
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 33, 39, 37, 37LAL37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Smush ParkerPoints, last 4 games: 20, 21, 9, 21LAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 4 games: 17, 10, 23, 26ATL26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 2 games: 18, 18ATL18 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · ORL @ HOU

Orlando edges Houston by two

Houston won the fourth 22–21, but Orlando held on, 76–74. Steve Francis led Orlando with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over HOU2LAL over ATL6GSW over MIL7DET over SAC14MEM over SEA25Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Points per game
6.62004–05 avg13.0Last 3

13.0 points a game over his last three games, against 6.6 in 2004–05 (69 games). Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
29.52004–05 avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 2004–05 (63 games). Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 25.8 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 33, 39, 37, 37LAL @ ATL · W
36.5 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 4 games: 15, 22, 16, 27ORL @ HOU · W
20.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 4 games: 17, 10, 23, 26ATL vs LAL · L
19.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 4 games: 19, 12, 17, 25GSW @ MIL · W
18.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 4 games: 16, 8, 27, 25DET @ SAC · W
19.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 4 games: 28, 18, 24, 23GSW @ MIL · W
23.2 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST