FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 29, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed BOS by 8 after three quarters and won 106–103.

Final
CHA90
ATL99
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +9
Final
NYK101
CLE98
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +3
Final
NJN106
BOS103
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN -8; Q4 NJN +3
Final
TOR98
DAL117
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +19
Final
HOU91
PHX102
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +11
Final
SAS75
UTA83
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +8
Final
ORL94
SEA84
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +10
Final
IND108
GSW106
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +2
Final
MEM90
LAC105
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +15
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 29, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs POR), 38 points.
The lead · NJN @ BOS

New Jersey fights back late to top Boston

Boston led 84–76 after three. New Jersey won the fourth 30–19 and the game 106–103. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-1-3-8+3NJN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN27252430106
BOS28272919103
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 38, 15, 28, 18, 27, 35, 23, 21, 25, 23NJN23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 17, 12, 6, 8, 7, 7, 6, 19NJN19 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 21, 32, 29, 39, 28, 12, 34, 31BOS31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 35, 14, 14, 20, 19, 20, 7, 16, 21, 25BOS25 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAS @ UTA

Utah beats San Antonio, 83–75

Utah led 61–56 after three and won by 8. Carlos Boozer led Utah with 23 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over GSW2NYK over CLE3NJN over BOS3UTA over SAS8ATL over CHA9ORL over SEA10PHX over HOU11LAC over MEM15DAL over TOR19Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg22.8Last 3

22.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 11 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 36

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 28, 29, 22, 25, 27, 16, 33, 36ATL vs CHA · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 21, 32, 29, 39, 28, 12, 34, 31BOS vs NJN · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 23, 18, 7, 4, 10, 11, 17, 28IND @ GSW · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 29, 32, 37, 20, 15, 30, 30, 25, 27CLE vs NYK · L
27.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 17, 9, 3, 6, 0, 17, 5, 27NYK @ CLE · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 17, 31, 31, 11, 8, 21, 19, 27GSW vs IND · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST