FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 26, 2008Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed GSW by 13 at halftime and won 119–111.

Final
MIL96
ATL102
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +6
Final
OKC82
CLE117
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE +34; Q3 CLE +40; Q4 CLE +35
Final
CHA86
TOR93
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +7
Final
GSW111
BOS119
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS -13; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +8
Final
ORL96
PHI94
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +2
Final
NYK96
DET110
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +14
Final
PHX110
MIN102
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +8
Final
IND91
HOU90
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND -10; Q4 IND +1
Final
CHI88
SAS98
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MEM100
UTA117
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +17
Final
MIA68
POR106
Q1 POR +20; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +38
Final · OT
NJN116
SAC114
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
DEN106
LAC105
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +1
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 26, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ LAC), 36 points.
The lead · GSW @ BOS

Boston climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 13 at the half. Boston won it 119–111. Ray Allen led Boston with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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+7-13+3+8BOS AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW28391628111
BOS35193233119
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 17, 26, 27, 15, 12, 11, 21, 25BOS25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 5, 2, 2, 15, 18, 13, 15, 22BOS22 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 13, 13, 17, 20, 24, 7, 17, 32GSW32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 30, 15, 20, 20, 32, 12, 16, 30GSW30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
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
6.0Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 14 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
31.12007–08 avg14.6Last 2

14.6 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.1 in 2007–08 (74 games). Today: 15 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 6.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 38.

IND over HOU1DEN over LAC1ORL over PHI2NJN over SAC2ATL over MIL6TOR over CHA7BOS over GSW8PHX over MIN8SAS over CHI10DET over NYK14UTA over MEM17CLE over OKC35POR over MIA38Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 39

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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 9, 30, 27, 40, 15, 42, 24, 39TOR vs CHA · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 21, 31, 18, 29, 8, 24, 20, 38SAC vs NJN · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 13, 13, 17, 20, 24, 7, 17, 32GSW @ BOS · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 18, 18, 14, 17, 21, 10, 21, 30DEN @ LAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 30, 15, 20, 20, 32, 12, 16, 30GSW @ BOS · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 27, 25, 26, 20, 25, 21, 19, 28MIN vs PHX · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST