FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 15, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by CHA (vs SAS) and ORL (vs DEN).

Final
POR87
CLE100
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +13
Final
DEN99
ORL108
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +9
Final
IND88
BOS114
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +26
Final
NOK100
DET99
Q1 NOK +3; Q2 NOK +11; Q3 NOK +5; Q4 NOK +1
Final
MIL87
NJN100
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +13
Final
WAS82
NYK102
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +20
Final · OT
CHA95
SAS92
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +3
Final
MEM111
SAC115
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +4
Final
PHI96
SEA90
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +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 15, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs WAS), 37 points.
The lead · CHA @ SAS

Charlotte needs overtime to survive San Antonio

Tied 83–83 after regulation. Charlotte won the final period 12–9 for a 95–92 win. Adam Morrison led Charlotte with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3+4+50+3CHA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA202820151295
SAS23211920992
Who led
Adam MorrisonPoints, last 8 games: 14, 21, 13, 12, 9, 2, 21, 27CHA27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 8 games: 19, 8, 12, 28, 20, 22, 25, 19CHA19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 8 games: 19, 21, 19, 24, 29, 33, 8, 25SAS25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 8 games: 13, 25, 26, 15, 26, 24, 19, 24SAS24 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Indiana by 26.

NOK over DET1CHA over SAS3SAC over MEM4PHI over SEA6ORL over DEN9CLE over POR13NJN over MIL13NYK over WAS20BOS over IND26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.0Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 30.0 in 6 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
9.22005–06 avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 2005–06 (29 games). Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 34

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 7 games: 15, 28, 37, 31, 36, 33, 34DEN @ ORL · L
30.6 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 8 games: 26, 35, 16, 34, 19, 38, 29, 32CLE vs POR · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 7 games: 16, 23, 12, 10, 23, 21, 32SAC vs MEM · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 8 games: 29, 22, 23, 35, 30, 19, 21, 32BOS vs IND · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 8 games: 25, 20, 7, 10, 25, 21, 11, 29DET vs NOK · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 7 games: 32, 39, 31, 20, 35, 21, 28PHI @ SEA · W
29.4 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST