FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 30, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIL by 12 after three quarters and won 91–88.

Final
WAS84
PHI85
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +1
Final
CLE82
TOR91
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +9
Final
NOH92
ATL86
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +6
Final
MIL88
NYK91
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -11; Q3 NYK -12; Q4 NYK +3
Final
BOS95
MIA85
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +10
Final
SAS106
MIN91
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS +15
Final
POR80
DAL91
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +11
Final
ORL106
PHX110
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +4
Final
LAC107
DEN123
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +16
Final
IND93
SEA95
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +2
Final
LAL96
UTA120
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +24
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 30, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs UTA), 52 points.
The lead · MIL @ NYK

New York fights back late to top Milwaukee

Milwaukee led 77–65 after three. New York won the fourth 26–11 and the game 91–88. Zach Randolph led New York with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-10-11-12+3NYK AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2926221188
NYK1925212691
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 16, 16, 15, 13, 20, 25, 4, 25NYK25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 24, 8, 15, 16, 6, 22, 8, 25NYK25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 31, 21, 34, 26, 27, 17, 24, 27MIL27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 15, 10, 6, 2, 7, 4, 2, 15MIL15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 24.

PHI over WAS1SEA over IND2NYK over MIL3PHX over ORL4NOH over ATL6TOR over CLE9BOS over MIA10DAL over POR11SAS over MIN15DEN over LAC16UTA over LAL24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
8.8Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 35

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 21, 16, 11, 12, 25, 25, 22, 35SEA vs IND · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 11, 8, 20, 12, 21, 26, 15, 35UTA vs LAL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 19, 19, 27, 11, 22, 9, 19, 31SAS @ MIN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 21, 24, 24, 34, 34, 17, 9, 39, 30ORL @ PHX · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 23 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31, 35, 24, 28LAL @ UTA · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 12, 28, 19, 20, 23, 16, 21, 27BOS @ MIA · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST