FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 30, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CHI by 8 at halftime and won 109–101.

Final
MIA96
ATL74
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +22
Final · OT
LAC105
CLE112
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +7
Final
MEM92
TOR66
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +23; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +26
Final
POR89
WAS96
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +7
Final
PHI103
BOS110
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +7
Final
DET93
NJN83
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +10
Final
CHI101
NYK109
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK +8
Final
NOK102
DEN95
Q1 NOK -4; Q2 NOK +1; Q3 NOK +5; Q4 NOK +7
Final
IND91
PHX109
Q1 PHX +18; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +18
Final
CHA94
SEA104
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +10
Final
SAC106
GSW113
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +7
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 30, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (ATL vs NYK), 36 points.
The lead · CHI @ NYK

New York climbs out of an 8-point hole against Chicago

Down 8 at the half, the Knicks won the fourth quarter 35–19 and the game 109–101. Jamal Crawford led New York with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-8-8+8NYK AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI29292419101
NYK24262435109
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 20, 12, 17, 19, 4, 11, 13, 28NYK28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 4, 21, 22, 20, 12, 21, 12, 21NYK21 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 6, 15, 11, 6, 19, 18, 7, 28CHI28 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 17, 18, 12, 9, 13, 17, 10, 19CHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · POR @ WAS

Washington handles Portland by 7

The Wizards won the second quarter 30–23. Final: 96–89. Gilbert Arenas led Washington with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over LAC7WAS over POR7BOS over PHI7NOK over DEN7GSW over SAC7NYK over CHI8DET over NJN10SEA over CHA10PHX over IND18MIA over ATL22MEM over TOR26Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 14 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg15.5Last 3

15.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 15 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.8Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 3.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 42, 33, 37, 24, 45, 40, 38, 40PHI @ BOS · L
34.0 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 20, 23, 32, 21, 20, 22, 19, 33LAC @ CLE · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 28, 20, 25, 10, 29, 25, 17, 33GSW vs SAC · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 15, 12, 9, 8, 7, 15, 10, 33DEN vs NOK · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 23, 22, 26, 24, 33, 27, 16, 32BOS vs PHI · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 19, 32, 27, 28, 23, 19, 15, 32SEA vs CHA · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST