FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 17, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NJN by 5 after the first quarter and won 91–87.

Final
SEA84
CHA100
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +16
Final
UTA97
IND117
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +23; Q4 IND +20
Final
POR90
WAS109
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +19
Final
MIA91
NJN87
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +4
Final
NOH100
MIN82
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +13; Q4 NOH +18
Final
MEM105
DAL108
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
PHX115
HOU105
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +10
Final
ATL96
MIL105
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +9
Final
NYK83
DEN115
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +28; Q4 DEN +32
Final
CHI92
LAC73
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +19
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 17, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs MIN), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ NJN

New Jersey's skid reaches five

Miami won 91–87; the Nets fall to 4–6. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+10+2+4MIA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1827182891
NJN2312262687
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 3 games: 15, 23, 23MIA23 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 17, 17, 25, 14, 17, 10, 17, 18MIA18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Sean WilliamsPoints, last 7 games: 4, 2, 10, 6, 14, 9, 22NJN22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 22, 25, 25, 28, 32, 21, 15, 18NJN18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 9 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
22.02006–07 avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 2006–07 (81 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg40.5Today

41 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · MEM @ DAL

Dallas holds off Memphis, 108–105

Dallas led 82–78 after three and held on to win by three. Josh Howard led Dallas with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over MEM3MIA over NJN4MIL over ATL9PHX over HOU10CHA over SEA16NOH over MIN18WAS over POR19CHI over LAC19IND over UTA20DEN over NYK32Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over MEM.
Top performances

Josh Smith leads the day with 38

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.
Josh SmithPoints, last 8 games: 18, 13, 18, 22, 8, 23, 15, 38ATL @ MIL · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 9 games: 27, 10, 20, 24, 17, 23, 7, 14, 30WAS vs POR · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 9 games: 22, 13, 12, 10, 28, 10, 19, 27, 27CHA vs SEA · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 7 games: 27, 21, 24, 20, 18, 23, 27DAL vs MEM · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 8 games: 27, 25, 15, 15, 16, 11, 24, 25CHI @ LAC · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 27, 15, 10, 17, 8, 11, 13, 25IND vs UTA · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST