FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 3, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAC by 4 after the first quarter and won 89–73.

Final
DET101
CHA83
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +18
Final
CHI93
ORL96
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +3
Final
SAC91
PHI125
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +20; Q3 PHI +28; Q4 PHI +34
Final
GSW79
MEM90
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +11
Final
CLE100
DAL81
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +19
Final
UTA89
LAC73
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +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 · 2007–08Nov 3, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Al Harrington (GSW @ UTA), 38 points.
The lead · UTA @ LAC

Utah makes it three straight

Utah beat Clippers 89–73 and moved to 3–0. Paul Millsap led Utah with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+1+5+16UTA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1620292489
LAC2015251373
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 3 games: 4, 11, 24UTA24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 3 games: 13, 9, 16UTA16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 4 games: 8, 15, 11, 19LAC19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 3 games: 11, 6, 14LAC14 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · CHI @ ORL

Orlando controls Chicago start to finish

Orlando won 96–93, leading by as many as 10 at a break. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over CHI3MEM over GSW11UTA over LAC16DET over CHA18CLE over DAL19PHI over SAC34Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.9points, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
8.12007–08 avg13.0Last 3

13.0 points a game over his last three games, against 8.1 in 2007–08 (82 games). Today: 24 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
39.02007–08 avg24.6Last 3

24.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.0 in 2007–08 (82 games). Today: 14 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
9.82007–08 avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 2007–08 (60 games). Line: 6 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 29

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 22, 22, 15, 29CLE @ DAL · W
22.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 4 games: 12, 10, 3, 27MEM vs GSW · W
13.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 3 games: 4, 11, 24UTA @ LAC · W
13.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 4 games: 22, 14, 29, 22ORL vs CHI · W
21.8 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 4 games: 11, 23, 26, 21ORL vs CHI · W
20.2 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 4 games: 13, 9, 7, 21CHI @ ORL · L
12.5 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST