FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 8, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed WAS by 3 after the first quarter and won 102–90.

Final
PHI81
DET88
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +7
Final
PHX102
WAS90
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +12
Final
ORL74
OKC102
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +28
Final
MIN93
POR116
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +23
Final
GSW107
SAC120
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +13
Final
NOH88
LAL104
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +16
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 8, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ CHI), 41 points.
The lead · PHX @ WAS

Washington's skid reaches four

Phoenix won 102–90; the Wizards fall to 2–5. Jason Richardson led Phoenix with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+5+9+12PHX AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX26302422102
WAS2922201990
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 5 games: 23, 14, 0, 34, 22PHX22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 7 games: 12, 22, 25, 9, 5, 8, 18PHX18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 7 games: 29, 23, 32, 22, 32, 13, 20WAS20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 7 games: 20, 13, 30, 7, 10, 1, 20WAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 5 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
24.52008–09 avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 2008–09 (77 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · ORL @ OKC

OKC routs Orlando by 28

OKC led by 9 at halftime and won 102–74. Kevin Durant led OKC with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over PHI7PHX over WAS12SAC over GSW13LAL over NOH16POR over MIN23OKC over ORL28Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over ORL.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 28

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 6 games: 25, 25, 16, 28, 27, 28OKC vs ORL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 7 games: 33, 20, 41, 31, 41, 41, 28LAL vs NOH · W
33.6 PPG season to date · −6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 6 games: 8, 19, 32, 17, 16, 24PHI @ DET · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 7 games: 10, 22, 6, 3, 15, 32, 23SAC vs GSW · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 7 games: 22, 25, 26, 23, 30, 19, 23DET vs PHI · W
24.0 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 5 games: 23, 14, 0, 34, 22PHX @ WAS · W
18.6 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST