FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 9, 2007Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MEM by 12 at halftime and won 110–98.

Final
IND87
CHA96
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA -8; Q4 CHA +9
Final
TOR105
PHI103
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +2
Final
ATL83
BOS106
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +23
Final
PHX106
MIA101
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +5
Final
ORL112
NYK102
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +10
Final
LAC79
DET103
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +27; Q4 DET +24
Final
SAS97
NOH85
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +12
Final
DEN118
WAS92
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +31; Q4 DEN +26
Final
MIL88
HOU104
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +16
Final
MEM98
POR110
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +12
Final
MIN93
LAL107
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +14
Final
CLE93
SAC91
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +2
Final
UTA103
SEA101
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +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
On this day · 2006–07Nov 9, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (GSW vs NOK), 36 points.
The lead · MEM @ POR

LaMarcus Aldridge posts 30 and 10 as Portland beats Memphis

30 points and 10 rebounds in a 110–98 win.

Game flow · POR 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-12-2+12POR AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2635152298
POR23262536110
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 27, 8, 20, 12, 30POR30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 5 games: 7, 23, 23, 17, 22POR22 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 4 games: 16, 13, 25, 31MEM31 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 4 games: 22, 18, 11, 19MEM19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
22.92006–07 avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 2006–07 (70 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 28.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

Cooling off
−7.4points, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Points per game
20.42006–07 avg13.0Last 3

13.0 points a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 2006–07 (82 games). Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Washington by 26.

TOR over PHI2CLE over SAC2UTA over SEA2PHX over MIA5CHA over IND9ORL over NYK10SAS over NOH12POR over MEM12LAL over MIN14HOU over MIL16BOS over ATL23DET over LAC24DEN over WAS26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 32

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 6 games: 32, 33, 20, 24, 11, 32DEN @ WAS · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 5 games: 26, 22, 28, 31, 32SAC vs CLE · L
27.8 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 4 games: 16, 13, 25, 31MEM @ POR · L
21.2 PPG season to date
Ties career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 5 games: 45, 16, 33, 28, 30LAL vs MIN · W
30.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 27, 8, 20, 12, 30POR vs MEM · W
19.4 PPG season to date
Ties career high30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 6 games: 18, 19, 30, 10, 34, 30PHX @ MIA · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST