FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 27, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed ATL by 4 after the first quarter and won 90–78.

Final · OT
BOS104
CLE109
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final
CHA90
MIA110
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +20
Final
MEM110
NJN103
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +7
Final
PHI114
MIL99
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +15
Final
ATL78
CHI90
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +12
Final
IND112
DEN110
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +2
Final
SEA99
LAL106
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +7
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 27, 2006: 4 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ MIA), 45 points.
The lead · ATL @ CHI

Chicago upsets Atlanta

Chicago (2–10) beat Atlanta (5–7) 90–78. Luol Deng led Chicago with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+4+19+12CHI AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1713212778
CHI1321362090
Who led
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 8, 22, 17, 5, 23, 10, 21, 22CHI22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 11, 24, 25, 20, 6, 13, 17, 21CHI21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 22, 34, 39, 14, 20, 22, 25, 21ATL21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 8, 23, 15, 38, 11, 16, 16, 12ATL12 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ CLE

Cleveland needs overtime to survive Boston

Tied 92–92 after regulation. Cleveland won the final period 17–12 for a 109–104 win. LeBron James led Cleveland with 38 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs BOS
LeBron James · CLERay Allen · BOSPTS3829REB47AST135Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.3Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 31.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
23.82006–07 avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 2006–07 (50 games). Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg44.1Today

44 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 27, 39, 40, 34, 45, 37, 30, 38CLE vs BOS · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 30, 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31, 35LAL vs SEA · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 18, 12, 24, 17, 13, 15, 19, 32NJN vs MEM · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 11, 13, 25, 6, 18, 17, 8, 30IND @ DEN · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 17, 14, 19, 19, 21, 18, 14, 29BOS @ CLE · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 21, 15, 18, 22, 30, 30, 27, 27NJN vs MEM · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST