FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 6, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHI88
ORL98
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +10
Final · OT
HOU99
POR101
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
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 6, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (NOH @ LAL), 36 points.
The lead · HOU @ POR

Portland needs overtime to survive Houston

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Portland won the final period 11–9 for a 101–99 win. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3+1+30+2POR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU18332019999
POR2131221611101
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 8, 23, 16, 18, 27POR27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 5 games: 14, 26, 20, 18, 17POR17 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 5 games: 16, 16, 22, 26, 30HOU30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 4 games: 14, 4, 12, 14HOU14 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHI @ ORL

Orlando leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 98–88. Best quarter: the first, 30–16. Rashard Lewis led Orlando with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs PHI
Rashard Lewis · ORLThaddeus Young · PHIPTS2019REB84AST40Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+2.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 4 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg28.8Last 3

28.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 5 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 39 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg44.3Today

44 minutes today, against 34.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 5 games: 16, 16, 22, 26, 30HOU @ POR · L
22.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 8, 23, 16, 18, 27POR vs HOU · W
18.4 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 5 games: 11, 23, 26, 21, 20ORL vs PHI · W
20.2 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 5 games: 13, 18, 21, 10, 20ORL vs PHI · W
16.4 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 6 games: 8, 13, 22, 18, 19, 19PHI @ ORL · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 5 games: 14, 26, 20, 18, 17POR vs HOU · W
19.0 PPG season to date
17 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST