FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 26, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed POR by 10 after the first quarter and won 85–74.

Final
UTA109
NYK113
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +4
Final
MIN103
NOH94
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +21; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +9
Final
WAS110
DAL98
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +12
Final
ORL85
POR74
Q1 ORL -10; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +11
Final
SAS99
SAC112
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +13
Final
PHX114
GSW129
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +15
Final
HOU88
LAC71
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +17
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 26, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs LAC), 33 points.
The lead · ORL @ POR

Orlando climbs back to beat Portland

Portland led by 10 after one. Orlando won it 85–74. Hedo Turkoglu led Orlando with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-100+1+11ORL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL1725172685
POR2715161674
Who led
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 13, 12, 16, 15, 26, 16, 27, 21ORL21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 20, 27, 22, 19, 12, 12, 19, 20ORL20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 22, 15, 25, 18, 7, 14, 28, 16POR16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 5, 12, 10, 13, 15, 15, 8, 13POR13 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · HOU @ LAC

Houston beats Clippers, 88–71

Houston led 59–58 after three and won by 17. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 36 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over UTA4MIN over NOH9ORL over POR11WAS over DAL12SAC over SAS13GSW over PHX15HOU over LAC17Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.2Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 13 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
28.12006–07 avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 2006–07 (44 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg30.9Today

31 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 12, 21, 26, 41, 9, 15, 19, 35, 36HOU @ LAC · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 25, 29, 13, 6, 39, 26, 27, 35WAS @ DAL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 6 games: 17, 23, 15, 28, 18, 32GSW vs PHX · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 21, 17, 21, 32, 18, 20, 20, 31DAL vs WAS · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 16, 27, 13, 28, 8, 15, 11, 31NOH vs MIN · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 6, 12, 8, 9, 21, 11, 31, 31GSW vs PHX · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST