FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 8, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIN by 6 after the first quarter and won 97–93.

Final
NJN80
IND98
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +18
Final
WAS81
ORL106
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +19; Q3 ORL +26; Q4 ORL +25
Final
MIA89
NOH100
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +11
Final
CLE106
CHI97
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +9
Final
PHX104
MIL96
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MIN93
POR97
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +4
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 8, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (GSW vs DAL), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ POR

Minnesota's skid reaches five

Portland won 97–93; the Timberwolves fall to 1–5. Brandon Roy led Portland with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-6-6-1+4POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2425212393
POR1825262897
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 6 games: 14, 26, 20, 18, 17, 24POR24 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 6 games: 8, 23, 16, 18, 27, 24POR24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 6 games: 21, 14, 24, 30, 14, 27MIN27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 6 games: 11, 13, 10, 25, 16, 14MIN14 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Washington by 25, the widest margin of 6 games.

POR over MIN4PHX over MIL8CLE over CHI9NOH over MIA11IND over NJN18ORL over WAS25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.0Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 26.0 in 6 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
20.52007–08 avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 2007–08 (66 games). Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 41

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 7 games: 22, 22, 15, 29, 41, 27, 41CLE @ CHI · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high41 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 6 games: 22, 14, 29, 22, 14, 31ORL vs WAS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 5 games: 21, 20, 19, 18, 31NJN @ IND · L
21.8 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 6 games: 26, 20, 19, 29, 33, 30MIA @ NOH · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 6 games: 15, 8, 16, 18, 3, 29PHX @ MIL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 7 games: 18, 11, 11, 17, 31, 23, 29CHI vs CLE · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST