FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 19, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 11 at halftime and won 96–89.

Final
WAS87
ATL91
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +4
Final
CLE89
DET96
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -11; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +7
Final
TOR101
MIA95
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +6
Final
DAL96
HOU86
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +10
Final
PHI96
MIN102
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +6
Final
SAC105
NOH96
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +9
Final
LAC108
OKC88
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +20
Final
DEN91
SAS81
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +10
Final
MIL94
UTA105
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +11
Final
CHI74
POR116
Q1 POR +21; Q2 POR +25; Q3 POR +31; Q4 POR +42
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 19, 2007: 4 games. Top scorer: Gerald Wallace (CHA vs POR), 27 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Detroit climbs out of an 11-point hole against Cleveland

Down 11 at the half, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 30–21 and the game 96–89. Allen Iverson led Detroit with 23 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-8-11-2+7DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2425192189
DET1622283096
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 13, 24, 10, 30, 23, 25, 9, 23DET23 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 11, 11, 10, 7, 19, 25, 11, 21DET21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 41, 27, 41, 41, 22, 38, 31, 25CLE25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 13, 21, 11, 16, 24, 20, 16, 25CLE25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · WAS @ ATL

Washington's skid reaches three

Atlanta won 91–87; the Wizards fall to 1–8. Mike Bibby led Atlanta with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
Lvs NJN85–95L@ DET109–117L@ MIL104–112Lvs NYK108–114L@ ORL81–106Wvs UTA95–87L@ MIA77–97Lvs MIA87–94L@ ATL87–91WAS: last 9 games through Nov 19, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 11 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg17.9Last 3

17.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 11 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg34.5Today

34 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 40

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 10 games: 19, 29, 33, 30, 33, 36, 24, 29, 19, 40MIA vs TOR · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 9 games: 13, 21, 27, 30, 10, 27, 6, 21, 32WAS @ ATL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 5, 29, 20, 8, 21, 16, 20, 20, 15, 31DAL @ HOU · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 23, 16, 11, 13, 21, 31, 18, 29SAC @ NOH · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 19, 6, 23, 10, 8, 15, 17, 25LAC @ OKC · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 41, 27, 41, 41, 22, 38, 31, 25CLE @ DET · L
29.5 PPG season to date · −4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST