FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 2, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MIN by 3 after three quarters and won 88–85.

Final
MIL94
NYK86
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +8
Final
MIN85
OKC88
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC +3
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 · 2007–08Nov 2, 2007: 13 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs NYK), 45 points.
The lead · MIN @ OKC

OKC takes over late to edge Minnesota

Down 3 after three, OKC won the fourth 18–12. Final: 88–85. Kevin Durant led OKC with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-1-3+3OKC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2027261285
OKC2026241888
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 3 games: 12, 26, 18OKC18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 3 games: 13, 6, 14OKC14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 3 games: 21, 14, 24MIN24 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Craig SmithPoints, last 3 games: 6, 6, 13MIN13 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
8.12007–08 avg17.3Last 3

17.3 points a game over his last three games, against 8.1 in 2007–08 (65 games). Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
24.62007–08 avg7.0Last 2

7.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.6 in 2007–08 (75 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MIL @ NYK

Milwaukee never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 94–86. Ramon Sessions led Milwaukee with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIL vs NYK
Ramon Sessions · MILQuentin Richardson · NYKPTS1828REB79AST81Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Quentin Richardson leads the day with 28

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.
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 3 games: 16, 8, 28NYK vs MIL · L
17.3 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 3 games: 21, 14, 24MIN @ OKC · L
19.7 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 2 games: 12, 18MIL @ NYK · W
15.0 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 4 games: 15, 20, 9, 18MIL @ NYK · W
15.5 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 3 games: 12, 26, 18OKC vs MIN · W
18.7 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 4 games: 4, 20, 16, 16MIL @ NYK · W
14.0 PPG season to date
16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST