FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 26, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NJN by 9 after the first quarter and won 99–93.

Final
IND83
TOR92
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +9
Final
LAC88
DEN103
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +15
Final
PHX119
POR101
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +18
Final
SAS98
SEA78
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +20
Final
NJN93
LAL99
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +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 26, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ NYK), 40 points.
The lead · NJN @ LAL

Lakers fight back from 9 down against New Jersey

Final: 99–93, after trailing by 9 after one. Lamar Odom led Lakers with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-9-5+7+6LAL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3315182793
LAL2419302699
Who led
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 11, 16, 20, 10, 23, 18, 26, 21LAL21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 32, 19, 21, 31, 18, 40, 27, 19LAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 38, 15, 28, 18, 27, 35, 23, 21NJN21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Nenad KrsticPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 21, 22, 18, 13, 16, 18, 9, 20NJN20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · IND @ TOR

Toronto leads Indiana wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 92–83. Best quarter: the first, 32–17. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over NJN6TOR over IND9DEN over LAC15PHX over POR18SAS over SEA20Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg17.2Last 3

17.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 12 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg45.3Today

45 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 33

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 10 games: 37, 31, 36, 33, 34, 34, 29, 33, 30, 33DEN vs LAC · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 6, 20, 15, 20, 22, 18, 18, 30PHX @ POR · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 28, 20, 20, 11, 19, 24, 26, 23PHX @ POR · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 17, 9, 17, 16, 36, 13, 31, 23DEN vs LAC · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 12, 14, 17, 21, 20, 10, 18, 22LAC @ DEN · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 8, 16, 10, 4, 5, 13, 8, 22POR vs PHX · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST