FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 2, 2007Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 6 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final
MIL99
CHA102
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +3
Final
MIA85
IND87
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +2
Final
DET116
ORL92
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +24
Final
DAL94
ATL101
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +7
Final
NYK106
CLE110
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +4
Final
TOR106
NJN69
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +37
Final
WAS83
BOS103
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +20
Final
DEN99
MIN91
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +8
Final
POR93
NOH113
Q1 NOH +10; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +23; Q4 NOH +20
Final
PHI96
CHI85
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +11
Final
SAC80
SAS96
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +27; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +16
Final
GSW114
LAC120
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +6
Final
LAL119
PHX98
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +28; Q4 LAL +21
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 2, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (LAC vs DEN), 35 points.
The lead · DEN @ MIN

Carmelo Anthony scores 33 in Denver win over Minnesota

Final: 99–91. Carmelo Anthony added 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-3-3+8DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2128252599
MIN2725251491
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 32, 33DEN33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 2 games: 25, 24DEN24 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Rashad McCantsMIN23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonMIN16 PTS · 13 REB · 3 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
5.02006–07 avg23Today

23 points today in 30 minutes, against 5.0 a game in 2006–07 (37 games).

Losing minutes
−21.3minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
28.32006–07 avg7.0Last 2

7.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.3 in 2006–07 (66 games). Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.5minutes, today vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
13.52006–07 avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 2006–07 (72 games). Line: 21 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Raptors rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat New Jersey by 37.

IND over MIA2CHA over MIL3CLE over NYK4LAC over GSW6ATL over DAL7DEN over MIN8PHI over CHI11SAS over SAC16BOS over WAS20NOH over POR20LAL over PHX21DET over ORL24TOR over NJN37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 2 games: 10, 45CLE vs NYK · W
27.5 PPG season to date
45 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 32, 33DEN @ MIN · W
32.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 2 games: 11, 33GSW @ LAC · L
22.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonATL vs DAL · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 2 games: 15, 28DAL @ ATL · L
21.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Paul PierceBOS vs WAS · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST