FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 27, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by POR (vs ATL) and IND (vs LAC).

Final
POR77
ATL75
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +2
Final
IND97
LAC92
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +5
Final · OT
NJN102
LAL96
Q1 NJN +16; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +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 · 2004–05Nov 27, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ MEM), 32 points.
The lead · POR @ ATL

Portland wins a tight one over Atlanta

77–75. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Zach Randolph led Portland with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR 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+7-2-7+2POR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2514172177
ATL1823221275
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 21, 22, 13, 17, 20, 16, 8, 24POR24 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 23, 14, 15, 16, 22, 19, 23, 12POR12 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 14, 6, 23, 15, 14, 34, 17, 16ATL16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 16, 10, 6, 21, 10, 19, 4, 15ATL15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
33.1Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 33.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 10 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
12.52004–05 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 2004–05 (61 games). Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · IND @ LAC

Indiana beats Clippers, 97–92

Indiana led 73–70 after three and won by 5. Metta World Peace led Indiana with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over ATL2IND over LAC5NJN over LAL6Final margin, points. Pink = IND over LAC.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 46

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 10 games: 37, 37, 28, 17, 18, 42, 36, 43, 34, 46LAL vs NJN · L
34.2 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 10, 20, 10, 12, 15, 11, 25, 35NJN @ LAL · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 21, 22, 13, 17, 20, 16, 8, 24POR @ ATL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 23, 32, 20, 23, 32, 21, 20, 22LAC vs IND · L
23.4 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 24, 30, 24, 27, 8, 24, 21, 22IND @ LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Nenad KrsticPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 9, 5, 25, 11, 21, 19, 6, 20NJN @ LAL · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST