FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 14, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed IND by 25 after the first quarter and won 94–92.

Final
UTA96
CHA104
Q1 CHA -7; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +8
Final
PHI94
IND92
Q1 PHI -25; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI +2
Final
WAS77
MIA97
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +20
Final
ATL108
NJN115
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +7
Final
OKC106
NYK116
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +24; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +10
Final
DEN94
BOS85
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +9
Final · OT
MIL101
MEM96
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -12; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +5
Final
POR82
NOH87
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +5
Final
ORL102
DAL100
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +2
Final
HOU75
SAS77
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -7; Q4 SAS +2
Final · OT
PHX97
SAC95
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +2
Final
DET106
LAL95
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +11
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 14, 2007: 13 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs ORL), 39 points.
The lead · PHI @ IND

Philadelphia storms back from 25 down to beat Indiana

The 76ers trailed by 25 after one and won 94–92. Thaddeus Young led Philadelphia with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-25-8-7+2PHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1336222394
IND3819211492
Who led
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 9 games: 8, 13, 22, 18, 19, 19, 9, 7, 25PHI25 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 9 games: 13, 20, 11, 12, 11, 15, 25, 18, 19PHI19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 7 games: 33, 20, 23, 33, 23, 20, 18IND18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 8 games: 12, 13, 19, 17, 14, 14, 16, 17IND17 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Heat rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Washington by 20.

PHI over IND2ORL over DAL2SAS over HOU2PHX over SAC2MIL over MEM5NOH over POR5NJN over ATL7CHA over UTA8DEN over BOS9NYK over OKC10DET over LAL11MIA over WAS20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 8 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 6 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg45.2Today

45 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 32

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 8 games: 25, 35, 24, 17, 25, 17, 28, 32ATL @ NJN · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 5 games: 13, 13, 11, 38, 30NJN vs ATL · W
21.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 15, 8, 16, 18, 3, 29, 9, 18, 29PHX @ SAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 9 games: 20, 12, 15, 25, 22, 25, 15, 18, 29NYK vs OKC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 23, 16, 33, 27, 23, 27, 20, 29LAL vs DET · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 9 games: 29, 14, 1, 16, 23, 32, 28, 25, 29NYK vs OKC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST