FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 14, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed UTA by 1 after the first quarter and won 73–62.

Final
LAL73
MEM85
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +26; Q4 MEM +12
Final
NYK73
UTA62
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +11
Final
CHI82
GSW100
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +18
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 14, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs MEM), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ UTA

New York beats Utah, 73–62

New York led 55–44 after three and won by 11. Jamal Crawford led New York with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+1+11+11NYK AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1522181873
UTA162081862
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 7 games: 11, 4, 2, 15, 21, 16, 20NYK20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 7 games: 11, 8, 4, 2, 9, 11, 12NYK12 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 8 games: 18, 10, 7, 8, 9, 15, 13, 18UTA18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 8 games: 27, 23, 13, 31, 2, 29, 33, 12UTA12 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 6 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
27.42004–05 avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 2004–05 (71 games). Today: 5 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · LAL @ MEM

Memphis leads Lakers wire to wire

Memphis was ahead at every break and won 85–73. Best quarter: the third, 31–14. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over UTA11MEM over LAL12GSW over CHI18Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over LAL.
Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 32

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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 8 games: 28, 18, 24, 23, 15, 24, 11, 32GSW vs CHI · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 8 games: 26, 22, 29, 20, 12, 13, 20, 20MEM vs LAL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 7 games: 11, 4, 2, 15, 21, 16, 20NYK @ UTA · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 8 games: 18, 10, 7, 8, 9, 15, 13, 18UTA vs NYK · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 7 games: 33, 39, 37, 37, 28, 17, 18LAL @ MEM · L
29.9 PPG season to date · −13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 6 games: 5, 5, 10, 9, 15, 17CHI @ GSW · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST