FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 9, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed PHI by 12 at halftime and won 119–115.

Final
PHX119
PHI115
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +4
Final
UTA95
NYK93
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +2
Final
TOR124
SAS131
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +7
Final
MIN105
GSW146
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +34; Q4 GSW +41
Final
NOH112
LAC84
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +14; Q3 NOH +31; Q4 NOH +28
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 9, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ LAC), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ PHI

Phoenix climbs back to beat Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 12 at the half. Phoenix won it 119–115. Jason Richardson led Phoenix with 29 points, 8 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-12-2+4PHX AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX25293035119
PHI27392029115
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 6 games: 23, 14, 0, 34, 22, 29PHX29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 8 games: 24, 18, 14, 30, 12, 16, 11, 21PHX21 PTS · 2 REB · 20 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 7 games: 8, 19, 32, 17, 16, 24, 24PHI24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Marreese SpeightsPoints, last 7 games: 26, 4, 20, 6, 10, 15, 20PHI20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · TOR @ SAS

San Antonio handles Toronto by 7

The Spurs won the fourth quarter 38–29. Final: 131–124. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 36 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over NYK2PHX over PHI4SAS over TOR7NOH over LAC28GSW over MIN41Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 5 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 4 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg30.4Today

30 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 36

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 6 games: 16, 12, 13, 11, 17, 36SAS vs TOR · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 7 games: 21, 37, 35, 25, 27, 26, 32TOR @ SAS · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 6 games: 13, 17, 6, 13, 13, 31GSW vs MIN · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 6 games: 23, 14, 0, 34, 22, 29PHX @ PHI · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Devin BrownPoints, last 4 games: 0, 0, 10, 25NOH @ LAC · W
8.8 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 8 games: 26, 31, 22, 32, 39, 21, 15, 24NOH @ LAC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST