FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 28, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed POR by 5 after the first quarter and won 95–89.

Final
MIL80
ATL96
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +16
Final
UTA106
PHI95
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +11
Final
MEM91
TOR103
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +12
Final
CLE74
DET109
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +35
Final
MIN103
DAL109
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +6
Final
WAS94
SAS109
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +15
Final
HOU100
PHX94
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +6
Final
IND95
POR89
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +6
Final
GSW103
SAC96
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +7
Final
ORL110
SEA94
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +16
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 28, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ LAL), 45 points.
The lead · IND @ POR

Indiana takes care of Portland

A 6-point win, 95–89. Danny Granger led Indiana with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-4+8+6IND AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1725252895
POR2224133089
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 12, 19, 17, 22, 25, 21, 9, 23IND23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 13, 25, 6, 18, 17, 8, 30, 20IND20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 12, 3, 11, 8, 8, 6, 12, 26POR26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 15, 25, 18, 7, 14, 28, 16, 22POR22 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Cleveland by 35, the widest margin of 10 games.

DAL over MIN6HOU over PHX6IND over POR6GSW over SAC7UTA over PHI11TOR over MEM12SAS over WAS15ATL over MIL16ORL over SEA16DET over CLE35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg23.6Last 3

23.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 13 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 39

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 35, 21, 24, 24, 34, 34, 17, 9, 39ORL @ SEA · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 23, 15, 20, 30, 15, 23, 14, 31MIN @ DAL · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 26, 14, 12, 30, 20, 22, 14, 31HOU @ PHX · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 7, 14, 31, 32, 21, 22, 12, 29SAS vs WAS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 5, 10, 19, 14, 18, 20, 23, 29PHX vs HOU · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 22, 43, 19, 15, 19, 21, 10, 28SAC vs GSW · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST