FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 1, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed PHI by 16 at halftime and won 94–92.

Final
TOR97
WAS101
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +4
Final · OT
PHI92
NJN94
Q1 NJN -9; Q2 NJN -16; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
MIN80
MEM109
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +29
Final · OT
DAL108
NOH112
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +4
Final
CHA95
CHI111
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +16
Final
DET117
MIL91
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +26
Final
HOU99
SAC107
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +8
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 · 2006–07Dec 1, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ PHX), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ NJN

New Jersey rallies from sixteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Philadelphia led 51–35 at the break. It was 83–83 after regulation, and New Jersey won the extra time 11–9. Final: 94–92. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-16-10+2NJN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHI28231022992
NJN191625231194
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 12, 24, 17, 13, 15, 19, 32, 24NJN24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 15, 18, 22, 30, 30, 27, 27, 23NJN23 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 22, 10, 17, 26, 20, 20, 8, 24PHI24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 13, 8, 14, 23, 18, 16, 18, 14PHI14 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat Minnesota by 29.

NJN over PHI2WAS over TOR4NOH over DAL4SAC over HOU8CHI over CHA16DET over MIL26MEM over MIN29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 15 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg50Today

50 minutes today, against 30.5 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 40

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: 26, 41, 9, 15, 19, 35, 36, 18, 11, 40HOU @ SAC · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 24, 25, 20, 6, 13, 17, 21, 34CHI vs CHA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 13, 28, 8, 15, 11, 31, 20, 33NOH vs DAL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 12, 30, 20, 22, 14, 31, 10, 29HOU @ SAC · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 6, 39, 26, 27, 35, 16, 20, 29WAS vs TOR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 22, 17, 5, 23, 10, 21, 22, 29CHI vs CHA · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST