FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 31, 2008Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAC by 18 at halftime and won 113–103.

Final
NYK87
PHI116
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +29
Final · OT
GSW108
TOR112
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +4
Final
SAC77
MIA103
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +31; Q4 MIA +26
Final
CHI80
BOS96
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +16
Final
ORL84
MEM86
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM -12; Q3 MEM -7; Q4 MEM +2
Final · OT
DEN113
LAC103
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -18; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +10
Final
SAS99
POR100
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +1
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 · 2007–08Oct 31, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ IND), 34 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAC

Denver rallies from eighteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Clippers led 55–37 at the break. It was 94–94 after regulation, and Denver won the extra time 19–9. Final: 113–103. Allen Iverson led Denver with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.Final0-8-18-80+10DEN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN2017312619113
LAC282721189103
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 2 games: 18, 25DEN25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 2 games: 11, 22DEN22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 2 games: 16, 30LAC30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 2 games: 11, 20LAC20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
12.72007–08 avg23.0Last 2

23.0 points a game over his last two games, against 12.7 in 2007–08 (79 games). Today: 30 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
39.02007–08 avg20.7Last 2

20.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 39.0 in 2007–08 (82 games). Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
13.12007–08 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 2007–08 (71 games). Line: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat New York by 29.

POR over SAS1MEM over ORL2TOR over GSW4DEN over LAC10BOS over CHI16MIA over SAC26PHI over NYK29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 31

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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 2 games: 27, 31TOR vs GSW · W
29.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 2 games: 16, 30LAC vs DEN · L
23.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 2 games: 20, 29MEM vs ORL · W
24.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 2 games: 32, 27SAS @ POR · L
29.5 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 2 games: 13, 26GSW @ TOR · L
19.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 2 games: 14, 26POR vs SAS · W
20.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST