FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 4, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHX114
NJN86
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +28
Final
BOS103
HOU99
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +4
Final
DAL98
SAS81
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +17
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 4, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs UTA), 33 points.
The lead · BOS @ HOU

Boston beats Houston, 103–99

Boston led 81–78 after three and won by 4. Ray Allen led Boston with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+5+3+4BOS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS28302322103
HOU2231252199
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 4 games: 8, 14, 10, 29BOS29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kendrick PerkinsPoints, last 4 games: 2, 8, 0, 15BOS15 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 4 games: 16, 16, 22, 26HOU26 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 4 games: 12, 7, 10, 21HOU21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ SAS

Dallas keeps San Antonio at arm's length

The Spurs never led at a quarter break. Dallas won by 17. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over HOU4DAL over SAS17PHX over NJN28Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
18.82007–08 avg26.0Last 3

26.0 points a game over his last three games, against 18.8 in 2007–08 (69 games). Today: 22 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
21.32007–08 avg4.5Last 2

4.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.3 in 2007–08 (78 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 30

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 4 games: 36, 21, 8, 30DAL @ SAS · W
23.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 4 games: 8, 14, 10, 29BOS @ HOU · W
15.2 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 4 games: 15, 19, 5, 29DAL @ SAS · W
17.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 4 games: 16, 16, 22, 26HOU vs BOS · L
20.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 4 games: 4, 13, 13, 22PHX @ NJN · W
13.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 3 games: 32, 24, 22SAS vs DAL · L
26.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST