FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 18, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIL by 15 at halftime and won 102–100.

Final · OT
MIA93
ATL88
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +5
Final
CHA83
ORL97
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +14
Final
CLE99
WAS111
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +19; Q4 WAS +12
Final
HOU92
DET104
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +12
Final
POR86
NJN68
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +18
Final
BOS122
NYK118
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +4
Final
NOK99
MIN96
Q1 NOK +4; Q2 NOK -5; Q3 NOK -7; Q4 NOK +3
Final
MEM84
DAL89
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +5
Final
IND102
MIL100
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -15; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +2
Final
TOR109
DEN117
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +8
Final · OT
PHX117
UTA120
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA -11; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
SEA95
GSW107
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +12
Final · OT
PHI97
LAC103
Q1 LAC -12; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 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 18, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs LAC), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ MIL

Indiana erases 15-point lead, steals one from Milwaukee

Milwaukee led 50–35 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 67–50 to take it 102–100. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-12-15-4+2IND AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND15203235102
MIL27232129100
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 20, 25, 17, 16, 9, 12, 8, 17, 20IND20 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 10, 10, 5, 10, 10, 13, 7, 17IND17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 37, 15, 26, 30, 34, 28, 57, 30, 25, 21MIL21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 15, 6, 9, 12, 4, 15, 26, 19MIL19 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 18.

IND over MIL2NOK over MIN3UTA over PHX3BOS over NYK4MIA over ATL5DAL over MEM5LAC over PHI6DEN over TOR8WAS over CLE12DET over HOU12GSW over SEA12ORL over CHA14POR over NJN18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.7Season avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.7 in 8 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 27.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 45

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 9 games: 7, 44, 24, 40, 29, 25, 22, 20, 45WAS vs CLE · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 23, 35, 30, 19, 21, 32, 29, 39BOS @ NYK · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 9 games: 25, 17, 20, 31, 34, 24, 37, 20, 37MIA @ ATL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 7, 35, 18, 18, 18, 4, 19, 37NYK vs BOS · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 12, 22, 34, 12, 20, 2, 20, 35NOK @ MIN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 9 games: 16, 27, 19, 25, 8, 21, 17, 9, 35PHX @ UTA · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST