FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 18, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 15 at halftime and won 110–103.

Final
MIA90
ATL105
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +15
Final
NYK110
IND103
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -15; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK +7
Final
OKC94
ORL108
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +30; Q4 ORL +14
Final
CHA84
PHI86
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +2
Final
CLE91
WAS108
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +17
Final
GSW95
BOS109
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +14
Final
LAC91
MEM106
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +15
Final
NJN85
MIL99
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +14
Final
HOU97
MIN84
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +13
Final
TOR91
UTA104
Q1 UTA +16; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +13
Final · OT
SAS94
DAL99
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +5
Final
DET81
POR87
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +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 18, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (TOR @ ORL), 40 points.
The lead · NYK @ IND

New York erases 15-point lead, steals one from Indiana

Indiana led 69–54 at halftime. New York won the second half 56–34 to take it 110–103. Al Harrington led New York with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-1-15-10+7NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK25292234110
IND26431717103
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 42, 24, 22, 14, 5, 11, 23, 16, 26NYK26 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 9 games: 18, 20, 7, 18, 14, 12, 14, 3, 22NYK22 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 9 games: 31, 22, 18, 21, 22, 31, 29, 22, 33IND33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dahntay JonesPoints, last 9 games: 17, 6, 20, 19, 18, 10, 25, 17, 25IND25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ WAS

Washington climbs out of a 10-point hole against Cleveland

Down 10 after one, the Wizards won the fourth quarter 33–19 and the game 108–91. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs CLE
Antawn Jamison · WASLeBron James · CLEPTS3134REB102AST29Top 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
+8.8points, today vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
22.22008–09 avg31Today

31 points today in 38 minutes, against 22.2 a game in 2008–09 (81 games).

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki 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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 40, 12, 29, 23, 29, 20, 25, 32, 41DAL vs SAS · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jaylen Brown BOS, Jan 11, 2023: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Season high41 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 27, 25, 33, 36, 34, 21, 31, 34CLE @ WAS · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 9 games: 31, 22, 18, 21, 22, 31, 29, 22, 33IND vs NYK · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 27, 26, 32, 28, 21, 25, 13, 32TOR @ UTA · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Chris Douglas-RobertsPoints, last 9 games: 8, 6, 25, 20, 19, 5, 16, 27, 31NJN @ MIL · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonWAS vs CLE · W
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST