FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 31, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MEM by 3 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final · OT
WAS110
IND119
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +9
Final
MIL83
ORL102
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +19
Final
PHI97
TOR106
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +9
Final · OT
CHI103
NJN112
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +9
Final
DAL92
CLE74
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +18
Final
SAS104
MEM101
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +3
Final
SAC90
NOH104
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +15; Q3 NOH +26; Q4 NOH +14
Final
SEA103
DEN120
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +17
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 · 2006–07Oct 31, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Lamar Odom (LAL vs PHX), 34 points.
The lead · SAS @ MEM

Manu Ginobili scores 30 as San Antonio wins in Memphis

Final: 104–101. Manu Ginobili made 6 of 14 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30-3+3SAS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS23292725104
MEM26263019101
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 2 games: 16, 30SAS30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 2 games: 19, 17SAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Pau GasolMEM22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Damon StoudamireMEM18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.4points, today vs 2006–07 avg
Points per game
4.62006–07 avg21Today

21 points today in 28 minutes, against 4.6 a game in 2006–07 (62 games).

Losing minutes
−5.3minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
21.82006–07 avg16.5Last 2

16.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.8 in 2006–07 (75 games). Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
8.02006–07 avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 2006–07 (24 games). Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Orlando by 19.

SAS over MEM3IND over WAS9TOR over PHI9NJN over CHI9NOH over SAC14DEN over SEA17DAL over CLE18ORL over MIL19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 34

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 ArenasWAS @ IND · L
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyDEN vs SEA · W
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 2 games: 16, 30SAS @ MEM · W
23.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Richard JeffersonNJN vs CHI · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonWAS @ IND · L
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonCHI @ NJN · L
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST