FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 13, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 98–91.

Final
DEN99
CLE110
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +11
Final
DAL91
CHI98
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +7
Final
DET107
GSW102
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +5
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 13, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ MEM), 41 points.
The lead · DAL @ CHI

Ben Gordon scores 35, Chicago rallies past Dallas

Chicago trailed by 10 after one and won 98–91.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-10+1+8+7CHI AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3218202191
CHI2229272098
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 9 games: 18, 11, 11, 17, 31, 23, 29, 19, 35CHI35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 9 games: 21, 8, 11, 1, 18, 14, 20, 19, 20CHI20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 6 games: 28, 14, 18, 14, 11, 21DAL21 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 8 games: 3, 7, 5, 2, 0, 9, 11, 16DAL16 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ GSW

Detroit beats Golden State, 107–102

Detroit led 80–73 after three and won by 5. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over GSW5CHI over DAL7CLE over DEN11Final margin, points. Pink = DET over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.9Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.9 in 8 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 7 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg27.6Today

28 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 35

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 9 games: 18, 11, 11, 17, 31, 23, 29, 19, 35CHI vs DAL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 6 games: 13, 12, 15, 16, 16, 26DEN @ CLE · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 8 games: 15, 24, 19, 22, 22, 3, 17, 24DET @ GSW · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 12, 17, 11, 14, 13, 21, 11, 16, 24CLE vs DEN · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 7 games: 18, 25, 13, 24, 10, 30, 23DET @ GSW · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 22, 22, 15, 29, 41, 27, 41, 41, 22CLE vs DEN · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST