FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 19, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHX103
NOH110
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +7
Final
UTA90
SAS83
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +7
Final
CHI93
LAL108
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +15
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 19, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs TOR), 40 points.
The lead · PHX @ NOH

New Orleans upsets Phoenix

New Orleans (4–8) beat Phoenix (10–2) 110–103. Peja Stojakovic led New Orleans with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+3+2+7NOH AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX22272727103
NOH26262632110
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 6, 6, 12, 0, 2, 25, 15, 25NOH25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Devin BrownPoints, last 9 games: 0, 0, 10, 25, 8, 7, 4, 16, 19NOH19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 22, 17, 17, 21, 8, 30, 23, 23PHX23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 10, 3, 18, 11, 14, 4, 8, 17PHX17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ SAS

Utah handles San Antonio by 7

The Jazz won the fourth quarter 30–23. Final: 90–83. Deron Williams led Utah with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over PHX7UTA over SAS7LAL over CHI15Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 10 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg35.9Today

36 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Peja Stojakovic leads the day with 25

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.
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 6, 6, 12, 0, 2, 25, 15, 25NOH vs PHX · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolLAL vs CHI · W
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 22, 17, 17, 21, 8, 30, 23, 23PHX @ NOH · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 31, 41, 41, 28, 29, 19, 18, 40, 21LAL vs CHI · W
30.2 PPG season to date · −10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 8 games: 9, 28, 7, 15, 14, 22, 22, 21SAS vs UTA · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 18, 22, 27, 29, 5, 13, 20, 21UTA @ SAS · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST