FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 5, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 103–94.

Final
SAS103
TOR94
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +9
Final
ORL82
ATL95
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +13
Final
MIA98
PHI107
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +9
Final
HOU90
NOK96
Q1 NOK +11; Q2 NOK +6; Q3 NOK +1; Q4 NOK +6
Final
LAL101
SEA117
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +16
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 5, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MEM), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ TOR

San Antonio climbs out of an 8-point hole against Toronto

Down 8 after one, the Spurs won the second quarter 32–21 and the game 103–94. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-8+3+8+9SAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS17322727103
TOR2521222694
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 3 games: 13, 25, 26SAS26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 3 games: 19, 21, 19SAS19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 3 games: 14, 26, 19TOR19 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 3 games: 19, 13, 15TOR15 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 2 vs 2005–06 avg
Points per game
5.82005–06 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 points a game over his last two games, against 5.8 in 2005–06 (77 games). Today: 22 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.8minutes, last 2 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
31.32005–06 avg8.5Last 2

8.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.3 in 2005–06 (80 games). Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
6.72005–06 avg29.7Today

30 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 2005–06 (20 games). Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MIA @ PHI

Philadelphia makes it three straight

Philadelphia beat Miami 107–98 and moved to 3–0. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
Wvs ATL88–75W@ ORL105–103Wvs MIA107–98PHI: last 3 games through Nov 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Ray Allen 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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 3 games: 22, 30, 32SEA vs LAL · W
28.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 3 games: 32, 39, 31PHI vs MIA · W
34.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 3 games: 25, 30, 31ATL vs ORL · W
28.7 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 3 games: 13, 25, 26SAS @ TOR · W
21.3 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 3 games: 25, 28, 25SEA vs LAL · W
26.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 3 games: 9, 11, 23MIA @ PHI · L
14.3 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST