FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 1, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed UTA by 5 after the first quarter and won 106–95.

Final
DET91
MIA80
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +11
Final
HOU106
UTA95
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +11
Final
PHX106
SEA99
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +7
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 · 2006–07Nov 1, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ DET), 37 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Tracy McGrady scores 47 as Houston beats Utah

Houston won 106–95. Tracy McGrady: 47 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+8+12+11HOU AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU24332128106
UTA2920172995
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 2 games: 30, 47HOU47 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 2 games: 13, 15HOU15 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 2 games: 32, 30UTA30 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 2 games: 24, 18UTA18 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+19.7points, today vs 2006–07 avg
Points per game
14.32006–07 avg34Today

34 points today in 43 minutes, against 14.3 a game in 2006–07 (82 games).

Losing minutes
−21.1minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
28.12006–07 avg7.0Last 2

7.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.1 in 2006–07 (80 games). Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
12.02006–07 avg26.4Today

26 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 2006–07 (56 games). Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · PHX @ SEA

Phoenix takes care of Seattle

A 7-point win, 106–99. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over SEA7DET over MIA11HOU over UTA11Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over SEA.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 47

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 2 games: 30, 47HOU @ UTA · W
38.5 PPG season to date
47 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tayshaun PrinceDET @ MIA · W
34.0 PPG season to date
Career high34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 2 games: 32, 30UTA vs HOU · L
31.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 2 games: 18, 27SEA vs PHX · L
22.5 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 2 games: 14, 23SEA vs PHX · L
18.5 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePHX @ SEA · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST