FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 4, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed ATL by 9 after three quarters and won 92–91.

Final · OT
BOS98
TOR95
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +3
Final
SEA101
LAC115
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +14
Final
CHA90
MIA88
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +2
Final
MIN93
NYK97
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +4
Final
ATL91
DET92
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET +1
Final
NOH93
DEN88
Q1 NOH -7; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +5
Final
CLE92
PHX103
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +11
Final
UTA109
LAL119
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +10
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 4, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs BOS), 44 points.
The lead · ATL @ DET

Detroit rallies from 9 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 9 after three, Detroit outscored the Hawks 32–22 the rest of the way. Final: 92–91. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DET 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+5-3-9+1DET AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1929212291
DET2421153292
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 3 games: 19, 18, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonDET21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 2 games: 28, 23ATL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 2 games: 16, 22ATL22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Points per game
5.02006–07 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 points a game over his last two games, against 5.0 in 2006–07 (37 games). Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.9minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
29.42006–07 avg6.5Last 2

6.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.4 in 2006–07 (71 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
16.52006–07 avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 2006–07 (60 games). Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Clippers by 14.

DET over ATL1CHA over MIA2BOS over TOR3NYK over MIN4NOH over DEN5LAL over UTA10PHX over CLE11LAC over SEA14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 33

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 BryantPoints, last 3 games: 45, 16, 33LAL vs UTA · W
31.3 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 2 games: 17, 33BOS @ TOR · W
25.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 3 games: 14, 8, 32TOR vs BOS · L
18.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 3 games: 18, 19, 30PHX vs CLE · W
22.3 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 2 games: 21, 29CHA @ MIA · W
25.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 3 games: 10, 45, 27CLE @ PHX · L
27.3 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST