FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 15, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
SAS92
DAL105
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +13
Final
CHI102
PHX112
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +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 15, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ ORL), 34 points.
The lead · CHI @ PHX

Phoenix makes it four straight

Phoenix beat Chicago 112–102 and moved to 7–2. Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+100+10PHX AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI22242927102
PHX26301937112
Who led
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 9 games: 9, 23, 14, 16, 12, 17, 39, 23, 25PHX25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 9 games: 13, 12, 8, 11, 13, 11, 14, 21, 24PHX24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 7 games: 27, 25, 15, 15, 16, 11, 24CHI24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 7 games: 22, 10, 8, 22, 17, 5, 23CHI23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ DAL

Dallas never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 105–92. Josh Howard led Dallas with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs SAS
Josh Howard · DALManu Ginobili · SASPTS2325REB69AST17Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
24.92006–07 avg15.5Last 2

15.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.9 in 2006–07 (76 games). Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg41.1Today

41 minutes today, against 21.9 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 25

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 9 games: 16, 30, 10, 23, 25, 14, 21, 17, 25SAS @ DAL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 9 games: 9, 23, 14, 16, 12, 17, 39, 23, 25PHX vs CHI · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 9 games: 13, 12, 8, 11, 13, 11, 14, 21, 24PHX vs CHI · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 7 games: 27, 25, 15, 15, 16, 11, 24CHI @ PHX · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 9 games: 24, 17, 15, 14, 12, 24, 16, 5, 24SAS @ DAL · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 7 games: 22, 10, 8, 22, 17, 5, 23CHI @ PHX · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST