FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 4, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MEM by 10 after the first quarter and won 113–105.

Final
PHX100
ORL122
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +22
Final
DET99
TOR110
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +11
Final
MIA93
WAS89
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +4
Final
DEN122
NJN94
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +28
Final
IND101
NYK89
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +12
Final
BOS92
MIN90
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +2
Final · OT
LAL103
HOU102
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
Final · OT
DAL107
NOH114
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +7
Final
ATL113
SAC105
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +8
Final
MEM105
GSW113
Q1 GSW -10; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +8
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 4, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ SAS), 30 points.
The lead · MEM @ GSW

Golden State rallies from 10 down to beat Memphis

Trailing by 10 after one, Golden State outscored the Grizzlies 94–76 the rest of the way. Final: 113–105. Monta Ellis led Golden State with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-10+1+10+8GSW AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM29272425105
GSW19383323113
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 3 games: 26, 19, 24GSW24 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 3 games: 7, 7, 24GSW24 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 5 games: 16, 17, 18, 21, 29MEM29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 2 games: 11, 18MEM18 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat New Jersey by 28.

LAL over HOU1BOS over MIN2MIA over WAS4NOH over DAL7ATL over SAC8GSW over MEM8TOR over DET11IND over NYK12ORL over PHX22DEN over NJN28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 4 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
36.72008–09 avg23.0Last 2

23.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.7 in 2008–09 (57 games). Today: 18 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 5 games: 33, 20, 41, 31, 41LAL @ HOU · W
33.2 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 · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 5 games: 26, 32, 25, 23, 40MIA @ WAS · W
29.2 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 16, 2003: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 5 games: 26, 31, 22, 32, 39NOH vs DAL · W
30.0 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 5 games: 12, 16, 16, 10, 35DAL @ NOH · L
17.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 5 games: 29, 23, 32, 22, 32WAS vs MIA · L
27.6 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 5 games: 22, 25, 26, 23, 30DET @ TOR · L
25.2 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST