FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 28, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DEN by 8 after the first quarter and won 108–96.

Final
ATL95
WAS96
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +1
Final
CHA96
NJN92
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +4
Final
TOR94
NOK77
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +17
Final
NYK85
CHI102
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +17
Final
MIN75
HOU82
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MEM108
DEN96
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +12
Final
IND105
POR97
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +8
Final
LAC80
SAC93
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +13
Final
MIL109
LAL105
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +4
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 28, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs NYK), 33 points.
The lead · MEM @ DEN

Memphis climbs out of an 8-point hole against Denver

Down 8 after one, the Grizzlies won the second quarter 36–27 and the game 108–96. Hakim Warrick led Memphis with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists. Carmelo Anthony scored 37 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · MEM 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+1+1+12MEM AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM17362827108
DEN2527281696
Who led
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 4, 26, 6, 26, 9, 18, 12, 25MEM25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 27, 11, 17, 6, 17, 15, 11, 22MEM22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 33, 34, 34, 29, 33, 30, 33, 37DEN37 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 15, 13, 4, 13, 14, 13, 5, 14DEN14 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Toronto by 17.

WAS over ATL1CHA over NJN4MIL over LAL4HOU over MIN7IND over POR8MEM over DEN12SAC over LAC13TOR over NOK17CHI over NYK17Final 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
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
27.52005–06 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 2005–06 (79 games). Today: 13 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd 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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 57, 30, 25, 21, 21, 32, 24, 45MIL @ LAL · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 33, 34, 34, 29, 33, 30, 33, 37DEN vs MEM · L
31.5 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 34, 28, 29, 22, 25, 27, 16, 33ATL @ WAS · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 26, 23, 20, 23, 25, 24, 18, 30POR vs IND · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 10, 23, 19, 20, 22, 19, 3, 28SAC vs LAC · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 9 games: 16, 11, 23, 16, 9, 16, 6, 14, 27NJN vs CHA · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST