FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 4, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIN by 16 after the first quarter and won 88–86.

Final
CLE88
CHA92
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +4
Final
BOS117
WAS124
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +7
Final
MEM86
DET95
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +9
Final
IND109
NYK95
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +14
Final
DAL76
HOU107
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +31
Final
SAC91
MIL104
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +13
Final
GSW82
UTA106
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +23; Q4 UTA +24
Final
MIN86
POR88
Q1 POR -16; Q2 POR -11; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +2
Final
PHX108
LAC114
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +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 · 2005–06Nov 4, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Richard Jefferson (NJN @ TOR), 35 points.
The lead · MIN @ POR

Portland storms back from 16 down to beat Minnesota

The Trail Blazers trailed by 16 after one and won 88–86. Travis Outlaw led Portland with 18 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-11-5+2POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3022221286
POR1427281988
Who led
Travis OutlawPoints, last 3 games: 9, 0, 18POR18 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 3 games: 30, 22, 17POR17 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 3 games: 24, 27, 20MIN20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 3 games: 6, 18, 19MIN19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.2points, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Points per game
4.12005–06 avg19.3Last 3

19.3 points a game over his last three games, against 4.1 in 2005–06 (68 games). Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
33.42005–06 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 2005–06 (71 games). Today: 0 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
16.72005–06 avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 2005–06 (69 games). Line: 18 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Dallas by 31, the widest margin of 9 games.

POR over MIN2CHA over CLE4LAC over PHX6WAS over BOS7DET over MEM9MIL over SAC13IND over NYK14UTA over GSW24HOU over DAL31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 44

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 2 games: 7, 44WAS vs BOS · W
25.5 PPG season to date
44 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 2 games: 22, 36HOU vs DAL · W
29.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 3 games: 21, 18, 33BOS @ WAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 3 games: 8, 4, 32IND @ NYK · W
14.7 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 2 games: 20, 29WAS vs BOS · W
24.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 4 games: 15, 20, 17, 28PHX @ LAC · L
20.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST