FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 8, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DAL by 11 after the first quarter and won 103–85.

Final
SEA87
ORL88
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +1
Final
PHI104
TOR106
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +2
Final
IND91
WAS117
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +31; Q4 WAS +26
Final · OT
CHA108
BOS110
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +2
Final
UTA89
NJN96
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +7
Final
HOU97
MIL93
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +4
Final · OT
PHX106
SAS111
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +5
Final
NYK109
DEN107
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK +2
Final
LAL90
POR101
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +11
Final
DAL85
LAC103
Q1 LAC -11; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +18
Final
DET86
SAC99
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +13
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 8, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ ATL), 37 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAC

Clippers climb back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 11 after one. Clippers won it 103–85. Cuttino Mobley led Clippers with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-7+7+18LAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3218161985
LAC21223030103
Who led
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 5 games: 17, 9, 18, 17, 28LAC28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 5 games: 17, 35, 23, 16, 21LAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 4 games: 14, 1, 15, 23DAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 4 games: 21, 24, 26, 19DAL19 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 4 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
23.62005–06 avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 2005–06 (57 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
9.62005–06 avg32.0Today

32 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 2005–06 (39 games). Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 26.

ORL over SEA1TOR over PHI2BOS over CHA2NYK over DEN2HOU over MIL4SAS over PHX5NJN over UTA7POR over LAL11SAC over DET13LAC over DAL18WAS over IND26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas 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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 4 games: 7, 44, 24, 40WAS vs IND · W
28.8 PPG season to date
40 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 3 games: 15, 28, 37DEN vs NYK · L
26.7 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 5 games: 30, 22, 17, 35, 36POR vs LAL · W
28.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 4 games: 29, 22, 23, 35BOS vs CHA · W
27.2 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 5 games: 32, 39, 31, 20, 35PHI @ TOR · L
31.4 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 5 games: 21, 5, 4, 7, 35NYK @ DEN · W
14.4 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST