FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 20, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET80
BOS98
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +18
Final
LAL105
PHX92
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +13
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 20, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs MIL), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ PHX

Lakers beat Phoenix, 105–92

Lakers led 80–67 after three and won by 13. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+6+13+13LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL26243025105
PHX2420232592
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 33, 27, 23, 27, 20, 29, 21, 24LAL24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 11, 11, 3, 4, 5, 2, 5, 15LAL15 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 49, 26, 24, 18, 11, 12, 29, 30, 21PHX21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 3, 29, 9, 18, 29, 12, 9, 15PHX15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ BOS

Boston handles Detroit by 18

The Celtics won the second quarter 28–19. Final: 98–80. Rajon Rondo led Boston with 18 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs DET
Rajon Rondo · BOSAllen Iverson · DETPTS1816REB11AST84Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 11 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg10.2Last 5

10.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 11 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 33 minutes.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 24

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 33, 27, 23, 27, 20, 29, 21, 24LAL @ PHX · W
24.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 49, 26, 24, 18, 11, 12, 29, 30, 21PHX vs LAL · L
23.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 8, 13, 4, 5, 2, 2, 15, 18BOS vs DET · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 24, 10, 30, 23, 25, 9, 23, 16DET @ BOS · L
19.6 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 3, 29, 9, 18, 29, 12, 9, 15PHX vs LAL · L
15.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 17, 16, 8, 21, 25, 16, 15, 15BOS vs DET · W
16.2 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST