FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 12, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed SAS by 12 at halftime and won 82–78.

Final
PHI106
TOR96
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +10
Final
ATL102
BOS103
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +1
Final
IND98
NJN87
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +11
Final
NYK132
MEM103
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +29
Final
POR104
MIA96
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +8
Final
SAS78
MIL82
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL -12; Q3 MIL -6; Q4 MIL +4
Final
LAL93
NOH86
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +7
Final
ORL109
OKC92
Q1 ORL +20; Q2 ORL +29; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +17
Final
UTA87
WAS95
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +8
Final
SAC103
LAC98
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +5
Final
HOU94
PHX82
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +12
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 12, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DEN vs CLE), 37 points.
The lead · SAS @ MIL

Milwaukee fights back from 12 down against San Antonio

Final: 82–78, after trailing by 12 at the half. Richard Jefferson led Milwaukee with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-12-6+4MIL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1825161978
MIL1516222982
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 9 games: 15, 20, 9, 18, 32, 20, 14, 19, 19MIL19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 7 games: 12, 18, 22, 11, 23, 10, 13MIL13 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 7 games: 32, 27, 19, 30, 22, 23, 24SAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 7 games: 8, 16, 3, 3, 0, 14, 19SAS19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ATL @ BOS

Boston takes over late to edge Atlanta

Down 1 after three, Boston won the fourth 27–25. Final: 103–102. Paul Pierce led Boston with 34 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over ATL1MIL over SAS4SAC over LAC5LAL over NOH7POR over MIA8WAS over UTA8PHI over TOR10IND over NJN11HOU over PHX12ORL over OKC17NYK over MEM29Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, today vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
4.32007–08 avg12Today

12 points today in 12 minutes, against 4.3 a game in 2007–08 (20 games).

Losing minutes
−21.7minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
29.22007–08 avg7.5Last 2

7.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.2 in 2007–08 (75 games). Today: 6 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg31.5Today

32 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 36

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 8 games: 26, 20, 19, 29, 33, 30, 33, 36MIA vs POR · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 9 games: 27, 14, 15, 13, 20, 18, 7, 36, 34BOS vs ATL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 8 games: 22, 14, 29, 22, 14, 31, 29, 30ORL @ OKC · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 7 games: 21, 20, 24, 22, 20, 21, 30NOH vs LAL · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 8 games: 27, 31, 20, 26, 26, 30, 9, 30TOR vs PHI · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 9 games: 10, 2, 11, 8, 4, 15, 8, 18, 30SAC @ LAC · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST