FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 12, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed NJN by 2 after three quarters and won 84–82.

Final
NOH84
NJN82
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +12; Q3 NOH -2; Q4 NOH +2
Final
CLE100
DEN122
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +22
Final
SAC93
UTA117
Q1 UTA +17; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +24
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 12, 2006: 7 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ CHA), 36 points.
The lead · NOH @ NJN

New Orleans wins a tight one over New Jersey

84–82. Neither team led by more than 12 at any break. Chris Paul led New Orleans with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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+12-2+2NOH AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2623161984
NJN2116301582
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 8 games: 22, 19, 15, 19, 18, 18, 16, 27NOH27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 8 games: 15, 10, 12, 10, 11, 9, 6, 14NOH14 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 7 games: 29, 27, 22, 25, 25, 28, 32NJN32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 7 games: 7, 2, 16, 9, 6, 17, 14NJN14 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Second story · CLE @ DEN

Denver leads Cleveland wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 122–100. Best quarter: the second, 37–25. Allen Iverson led Denver with 37 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over NJN2DEN over CLE22UTA over SAC24Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 4 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 4 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg28.9Today

29 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 8 games: 25, 24, 23, 32, 22, 15, 27, 37DEN vs CLE · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 8 games: 32, 30, 12, 23, 23, 27, 31, 32UTA vs SAC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 7 games: 29, 27, 22, 25, 25, 28, 32NJN vs NOH · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 5 games: 8, 4, 16, 3, 29DEN vs CLE · W
12.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 8 games: 22, 19, 15, 19, 18, 18, 16, 27NOH @ NJN · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 8 games: 10, 45, 27, 24, 32, 26, 22, 27CLE @ DEN · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST