FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 24, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIN by 18 at halftime and won 94–87.

Final
TOR108
CLE111
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +3
Final
CHI78
NYK85
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +7
Final
BOS96
CHA95
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +1
Final
MIA99
ORL120
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +21
Final · OT
GSW100
PHI98
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -12; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +2
Final
WAS118
MEM124
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +6
Final
ATL94
MIN87
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL -18; Q3 ATL -11; Q4 ATL +7
Final
DEN81
HOU109
Q1 HOU +21; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +28
Final
DAL95
MIL97
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +2
Final
NOH98
LAC89
Q1 NOH -5; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +9
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 24, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs CHI), 46 points.
The lead · ATL @ MIN

Atlanta erases 18-point lead, steals one from Minnesota

Minnesota led 63–45 at halftime. Atlanta won the second half 49–24 to take it 94–87. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-11-18-11+7ATL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1728193094
MIN2835121287
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 16, 22, 34, 39, 14, 20, 22, 25ATL25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 22, 8, 23, 15, 38, 11, 16, 16ATL16 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 24, 17, 23, 15, 20, 30, 15, 23MIN23 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Marko JaricPoints, last 10 games: 1, 10, 6, 7, 9, 6, 9, 9, 14, 20MIN20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Rockets rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Denver by 28.

BOS over CHA1GSW over PHI2MIL over DAL2CLE over TOR3MEM over WAS6NYK over CHI7ATL over MIN7NOH over LAC9ORL over MIA21HOU over DEN28Final 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
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.7Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.7 in 12 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
23.42006–07 avg10.5Last 2

10.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.4 in 2006–07 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 41

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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 23, 7, 14, 30, 19, 27, 30, 41WAS @ MEM · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 1, 26, 24, 14, 14, 22, 11, 31, 22, 41TOR @ CLE · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 26, 22, 27, 39, 40, 34, 45, 37CLE vs TOR · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 12, 21, 26, 41, 9, 15, 19, 35HOU vs DEN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 6 games: 15, 23, 23, 14, 31, 32MIA @ ORL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 12, 6, 12, 8, 9, 21, 11, 31GSW @ PHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST