FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 28, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 6 at halftime and won 114–107.

Final
ATL88
TOR93
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +5
Final
PHI78
BOS102
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +24
Final
GSW97
CLE112
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MIL97
DET107
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
CHA115
IND108
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +7
Final
MIN105
OKC103
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +2
Final
MIA107
PHX92
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +15
Final
MEM98
SAS109
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +11
Final
SAC94
UTA120
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +26
Final
NOH86
POR101
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +15
Final
DAL107
LAL114
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +7
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 28, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL @ SEA), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 35 in Lakers win over Dallas

Final: 114–107. Kobe Bryant added 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-6+2+7LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL27302129107
LAL30212934114
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 20, 29, 21, 24, 29, 24, 12, 35LAL35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 20, 9, 9, 9, 7, 10, 5, 19LAL19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 16, 20, 20, 15, 31, 20, 29, 29DAL29 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 14, 12, 24, 39, 32, 24, 25, 24, 19DAL19 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Sacramento by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

MIN over OKC2TOR over ATL5CHA over IND7LAL over DAL7DET over MIL10SAS over MEM11CLE over GSW15MIA over PHX15POR over NOH15BOS over PHI24UTA over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 12 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
31.12007–08 avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 2007–08 (74 games). Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 43

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 36, 24, 29, 19, 40, 38, 23, 12, 43MIA @ PHX · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 20, 29, 21, 24, 29, 24, 12, 35LAL vs DAL · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 18, 15, 34, 21, 23, 22, 16, 35IND vs CHA · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 17, 25, 11, 19, 23, 26, 22, 32MEM @ SAS · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 23, 14, 11, 6, 14, 23, 4, 31CHA @ IND · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 30, 9, 30, 27, 40, 15, 42, 24, 39, 30TOR vs ATL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST