FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 23, 2008Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CHI by 2 after three quarters and won 114–101.

Final
BOS118
TOR103
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +15
Final
GSW81
PHI89
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +18; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +8
Final
MIN106
DET80
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +26
Final
CHI101
DEN114
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +13
Final
SAC108
LAL118
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +10
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 23, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL vs CHA), 34 points.
The lead · CHI @ DEN

Denver tops Chicago in Denver

Final: 114–101. Kenyon Martin led Denver with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+4-2+13DEN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI18363116101
DEN27312531114
Who led
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 8, 12, 16, 10, 10, 18, 6, 26DEN26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 25, 18, 18, 14, 17, 21, 10, 21DEN21 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 29, 19, 35, 19, 23, 11, 13, 28CHI28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 11, 11, 8, 4, 9, 11, 18, 21CHI21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · GSW @ PHI

Philadelphia leads Golden State wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 89–81. Best quarter: the second, 30–22. Elton Brand led Philadelphia with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over GSW8LAL over SAC10DEN over CHI13BOS over TOR15MIN over DET26Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.7Season avg28.1Last 3

28.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 28

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 10 games: 31, 23, 29, 19, 35, 19, 23, 11, 13, 28CHI @ DEN · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 8, 12, 16, 10, 10, 18, 6, 26DEN vs CHI · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 23, 27, 20, 29, 21, 24, 29, 24LAL vs SAC · W
24.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 30, 9, 30, 27, 40, 15, 42, 24TOR vs BOS · L
26.7 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 11, 13, 21, 31, 18, 29, 8, 24SAC @ LAL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 6, 13, 25, 14, 15, 19, 17, 23PHI vs GSW · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST