FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 16, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed POR by 18 at halftime and won 92–88.

Final
POR88
PHI92
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -18; Q3 PHI -17; Q4 PHI +4
Final
IND101
TOR110
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +9
Final · 2OT
SEA126
ATL123
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA 0; OT2 SEA +3
Final
MIA91
BOS92
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +1
Final
UTA94
CLE99
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +5
Final
ORL95
NJN70
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +25
Final · OT
NOH120
MEM118
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +2
Final
WAS105
MIN89
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +16
Final
HOU84
SAS90
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +6
Final · 2OT
NYK118
SAC123
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC 0; OT2 SAC +5
Final
LAC105
GSW122
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +17
Final
DET91
LAL103
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +12
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 16, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI @ HOU), 37 points.
The lead · POR @ PHI

Philadelphia erases 18-point lead, steals one from Portland

Portland led 45–27 at halftime. Philadelphia won the second half 65–43 to take it 92–88. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-18-17+4PHI AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2124281588
PHI1413293692
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 9 games: 23, 22, 16, 19, 26, 17, 15, 5, 22PHI22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 6, 1, 13, 7, 21, 4, 4, 7, 19PHI19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 9 games: 27, 8, 20, 12, 30, 18, 22, 15, 25POR25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 9 games: 7, 23, 23, 17, 22, 32, 20, 10, 25POR25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat New Jersey by 25.

BOS over MIA1NOH over MEM2SEA over ATL3PHI over POR4CLE over UTA5SAC over NYK5SAS over HOU6TOR over IND9LAL over DET12WAS over MIN16GSW over LAC17ORL over NJN25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 6 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
23.72006–07 avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 2006–07 (55 games). Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 43

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 9 games: 26, 22, 28, 31, 32, 29, 21, 22, 43SAC vs NYK · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Damien WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 22, 6, 18, 13, 13, 4, 19, 41SEA @ ATL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +26.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 45, 27, 24, 32, 26, 22, 27, 39, 40CLE vs UTA · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 17, 22, 34, 15, 16, 13, 16, 40NOH @ MEM · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 8 games: 28, 23, 15, 15, 16, 22, 34, 39ATL vs SEA · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 8 games: 19, 18, 23, 21, 21, 24, 25, 29WAS @ MIN · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST