FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 3, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed UTA by 15 after three quarters and won 96–85.

Final
WAS90
CLE102
Q1 CLE -14; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +12
Final
DEN111
IND93
Q1 DEN +17; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +18
Final
BOS105
PHI74
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +31
Final
ORL80
DET85
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +5
Final
PHX104
MIA96
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -6; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MIL81
CHI83
Q1 CHI -12; Q2 CHI -14; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +2
Final · OT
LAL101
OKC98
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
Final
UTA85
DAL96
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -15; Q4 DAL +11
Final
ATL97
POR91
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +6
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 · 2008–09Nov 3, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ DAL), 29 points.
The lead · UTA @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki drops 40 in 15-point comeback win over Utah

Utah led by 15 after three. Final: 96–85.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-2-15+11DAL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2017301885
DAL1718174496
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 4 games: 34, 21, 24, 40DAL40 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 4 games: 4, 2, 3, 19DAL19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 4 games: 28, 21, 18, 22UTA22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 3 games: 13, 21, 14UTA14 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Second story · MIL @ CHI

Chicago turns it around against Milwaukee

From 14 down at the half to a 2-point win: 83–81. Luol Deng led Chicago with 24 points, 20 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs MIL
Luol Deng · CHIBrandon Jennings · MILPTS2425REB201AST04Top 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
+8.9points, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
5.42008–09 avg14.3Last 3

14.3 points a game over his last three games, against 5.4 in 2008–09 (79 games). Today: 20 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
28.32008–09 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 2008–09 (72 games). Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
14.42008–09 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 2008–09 (70 games). Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 40

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 4 games: 34, 21, 24, 40DAL vs UTA · W
29.8 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: David Robinson SAS, Apr 7, 1996: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 33, 20, 41, 31LAL @ OKC · W
31.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 4 games: 24, 18, 14, 30PHX @ MIA · W
21.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 4 games: 25, 25, 16, 28OKC vs LAL · L
23.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 5 games: 38, 23, 24, 14, 27CLE vs WAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 4 games: 3, 16, 17, 27ATL @ POR · W
15.8 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST