FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 27, 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
ORL105
WAS90
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +15
Final
NOH105
DEN101
Q1 NOH +10; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +4
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 27, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs BOS), 38 points.
The lead · NOH @ DEN

New Orleans makes it four straight

New Orleans beat Denver 105–101 and moved to 9–5. Chris Paul led New Orleans with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+6+7+4NOH AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH32202429105
DEN22242332101
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 30, 17, 12, 20, 17, 29, 14, 22NOH22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 4, 5, 2, 10, 8, 10, 5, 19NOH19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 18, 10, 14, 5, 5, 18, 8, 32DEN32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 18, 14, 17, 21, 10, 21, 30, 24DEN24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ WAS

Orlando never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 105–90. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs WAS
Dwight Howard · ORLCaron Butler · WASPTS2625REB142AST26Top 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
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 11 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 32

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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 18, 10, 14, 5, 5, 18, 8, 32DEN vs NOH · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 18, 4, 18, 24, 13, 24, 21, 26ORL @ WAS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 27, 6, 21, 32, 12, 23, 35, 25WAS vs ORL · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 18, 14, 17, 21, 10, 21, 30, 24DEN vs NOH · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 30, 17, 12, 20, 17, 29, 14, 22NOH @ DEN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 11, 35, 15, 12, 20, 22, 3, 22, 12, 20ORL @ WAS · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST