FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 25, 2008Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed OKC by 13 at halftime and won 99–98.

Final
GSW100
WAS124
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +24
Final
CLE119
NYK101
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +29; Q3 CLE +29; Q4 CLE +18
Final
PHX99
OKC98
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX -11; Q4 PHX +1
Final
IND106
DAL109
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +3
Final
NJN93
LAL120
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +27
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 25, 2007: 5 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA @ DET), 36 points.
The lead · PHX @ OKC

Phoenix rallies from 13 down to beat OKC

Trailing by 13 at the half, Phoenix outscored the Thunder 58–44 the rest of the way. Final: 99–98. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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+1-13-11+1PHX AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2615292999
OKC2529271798
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 18, 11, 12, 29, 30, 21, 17, 22PHX22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 16, 12, 10, 17, 14, 8, 16, 20PHX20 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 37, 23, 13, 29, 18, 17, 30, 29OKC29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 12, 5, 2, 2, 4, 7, 14, 18OKC18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · IND @ DAL

Dallas takes over late to edge Indiana

Down 6 after three, Dallas won the fourth 32–23. Final: 109–106. Jason Terry led Dallas with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over OKC1DAL over IND3CLE over NYK18WAS over GSW24LAL over NJN27Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 5 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Caron Butler 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.
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 10, 27, 6, 21, 32, 12, 23, 35WAS vs GSW · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 21, 16, 20, 20, 15, 31, 20, 29DAL vs IND · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 37, 23, 13, 29, 18, 17, 30, 29OKC vs PHX · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 22, 14, 15, 34, 4, 12, 16, 26LAL vs NJN · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 27, 41, 41, 22, 38, 31, 25, 24, 26CLE @ NYK · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 7, 7, 1, 6, 4, 14, 6, 25WAS vs GSW · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST