FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 29, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed POR by 5 after three quarters and won 97–94.

Final
SAS85
CHI92
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +7
Final
DEN97
POR94
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +3
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 29, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND @ DET), 33 points.
The lead · DEN @ POR

Carmelo Anthony scores 41 as Denver beats Portland

Denver won 97–94. Carmelo Anthony: 41 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+7-1-5+3DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2418203597
POR1726242794
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 30, 41DEN41 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 2 games: 25, 22DEN22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 2 games: 20, 30POR30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rudy FernandezPoints, last 2 games: 8, 22POR22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAS @ CHI

Chicago handles San Antonio by 7

The Bulls won the third quarter 27–18. Final: 92–85. Luol Deng led Chicago with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs SAS
Luol Deng · CHITim Duncan · SASPTS1728REB916AST22Top 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
+12.7points, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
22.82008–09 avg35.5Last 2

35.5 points a game over his last two games, against 22.8 in 2008–09 (66 games). Today: 41 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
30.12008–09 avg17.0Last 2

17.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.1 in 2008–09 (62 games). Today: 1 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.5minutes, today vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
35.32008–09 avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 35.3 a game in 2008–09 (79 games). Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 41

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 30, 41DEN @ POR · W
35.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 2 games: 20, 30POR vs DEN · L
25.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 2 games: 9, 28SAS @ CHI · L
18.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 2 games: 25, 22DEN @ POR · W
23.5 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Rudy FernandezPoints, last 2 games: 8, 22POR vs DEN · L
15.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Luol DengCHI vs SAS · W
17.0 PPG season to date
17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST