FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 25, 2007Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed LAL by 12 at halftime and won 102–100.

Final
CHI78
TOR93
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +15
Final
UTA103
DET93
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +10
Final
CLE111
IND106
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +5
Final
SAS116
SEA101
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +15
Final
NJN102
LAL100
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -12; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +2
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 25, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ CHA), 35 points.
The lead · NJN @ LAL

New Jersey rallies from 12 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 12 at the half, New Jersey outscored the Lakers 65–51 the rest of the way. Final: 102–100. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-120+2NJN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN18193530102
LAL26232328100
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 32, 21, 15, 18, 22, 30, 30, 27NJN27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 9 games: 24, 7, 18, 12, 24, 17, 13, 15, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 18, 30, 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31LAL31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 6, 13, 7, 4, 11, 14, 13, 20LAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHI @ TOR

Chicago's skid reaches four

Toronto won 93–78; the Bulls fall to 2–10. Jose Calderon led Toronto with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 14 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
L@ MIL72–78Lvs LAC91–97Wvs DET97–93Lvs TOR71–101L@ PHX102–112W@ LAC92–73L@ LAL78–106L@ DEN91–112L@ NYK78–85L@ TOR78–93CHI: last 10 games through Nov 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.4Season avg37.2Last 5

37.2 points a game over his last five games, against 31.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
23.42006–07 avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 2006–07 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 14 assists.

Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 36

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.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 31, 32, 23, 26, 19, 17, 19, 36UTA @ DET · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 18, 30, 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31LAL vs NJN · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 22, 27, 39, 40, 34, 45, 37, 30CLE @ IND · W
31.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 32, 21, 15, 18, 22, 30, 30, 27NJN @ LAL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 8, 8, 6, 15, 2, 11, 6, 27SEA vs SAS · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 16, 5, 24, 25, 13, 20, 28, 26SAS @ SEA · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST