FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 30, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 95–93.

Final
POR97
SAS106
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +9
Final
UTA117
GSW96
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +21
Final
HOU95
LAL93
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · HOU @ LAL

Tracy McGrady scores 30, Houston rallies past Lakers

Houston trailed by 9 after one and won 95–93. Kobe Bryant scored 45 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-90+8+2HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1627272595
LAL2518193193
Who led
Tracy McGradyHOU30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Yao MingHOU25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantLAL45 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Derek FisherLAL17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+18.0points, today vs 2006–07 avg
Points per game
9.02006–07 avg27Today

27 points today in 36 minutes, against 9.0 a game in 2006–07 (63 games).

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
21.72006–07 avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 2006–07 (82 games). Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−17.6points, today vs 2006–07 avg
Points per game
17.62006–07 avg0Today

0 points today in 16 minutes, against 17.6 a game in 2006–07 (80 games).

Second story · UTA @ GSW

Utah routs Golden State by 21

Utah led by 11 at halftime and won 117–96. Carlos Boozer led Utah with 32 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over LAL2SAS over POR9UTA over GSW21Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over GSW.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantLAL vs HOU · L
45.0 PPG season to date
45 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerUTA @ GSW · W
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyHOU @ LAL · W
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePOR @ SAS · L
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingHOU @ LAL · W
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisGSW vs UTA · L
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST