FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 28, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed NJN by 14 after three quarters and won 95–93.

Final
IND109
ATL120
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +11
Final
PHI106
ORL120
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +23; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +14
Final
CLE91
TOR101
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +10
Final
CHA59
BOS92
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +33
Final
NYK93
MIA115
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +28; Q4 MIA +22
Final
DET96
MEM74
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +22
Final
NJN93
MIN95
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -12; Q3 MIN -14; Q4 MIN +2
Final
SAC89
OKC102
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +13
Final
NOH96
SAS113
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +17
Final
UTA105
DEN114
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +9
Final
HOU108
GSW107
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +1
Final
PHX109
LAC107
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +2
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 · 2008–09Oct 28, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ CHI), 30 points.
The lead · NJN @ MIN

Minnesota rallies from 14 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 14 after three, Minnesota outscored the Nets 31–15 the rest of the way. Final: 95–93. Jonny Flynn led Minnesota with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-4-12-14+2MIN AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2530231593
MIN2122213195
Who led
Jonny FlynnMIN18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damien WilkinsMIN12 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezNJN27 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Yi JianlianNJN17 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+18.3points, today vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
7.72008–09 avg26Today

26 points today in 26 minutes, against 7.7 a game in 2008–09 (79 games).

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
32.22008–09 avg19.9Last 2

19.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.2 in 2008–09 (66 games). Today: 9 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
24.42008–09 avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 2008–09 (70 games). Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Charlotte by 33.

HOU over GSW1MIN over NJN2PHX over LAC2DEN over UTA9TOR over CLE10ATL over IND11OKC over SAC13ORL over PHI14SAS over NOH17MIA over NYK22DET over MEM22BOS over CHA33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 31

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.
Danny GrangerIND @ ATL · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyDEN vs UTA · W
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsUTA @ DEN · L
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Andrea BargnaniTOR vs CLE · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezNJN @ MIN · L
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Kevin MartinSAC @ OKC · L
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST