FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 22, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed TOR by 6 after the first quarter and won 104–96.

Final
ORL104
TOR96
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +8
Final · OT
BOS107
NYK105
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +2
Final
IND88
CHA104
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +16
Final
NOH101
MIA102
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +1
Final
DET91
PHX117
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +26
Final
OKC85
LAL101
Q1 LAL +19; Q2 LAL +23; Q3 LAL +21; 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 22, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs IND), 38 points.
The lead · ORL @ TOR

Orlando makes it five straight

Orlando beat Toronto 104–96 and moved to 11–3. Vince Carter led Orlando with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-6+10+8ORL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL22282628104
TOR2821272096
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 15, 15, 29, 14, 15, 18, 26, 24ORL24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 5, 8, 10, 0, 3, 9, 0, 19ORL19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 32, 28, 21, 25, 13, 32, 29, 22TOR22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 13, 18, 18, 8, 16, 13, 5, 16TOR16 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 14 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 13 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg38.6Today

39 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · BOS @ NYK

Boston needs overtime to survive New York

Tied 98–98 after regulation. Boston won the final period 9–7 for a 107–105 win. Paul Pierce led Boston with 33 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs NYK
Paul Pierce · BOSAl Harrington · NYKPTS3330REB99AST62Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 33

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 16, 16, 13, 24, 15, 19, 21, 33BOS @ NYK · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 22, 41, 36, 22, 22, 15, 30, 31MIA vs NOH · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 14, 5, 11, 23, 16, 26, 17, 30NYK vs BOS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 41, 41, 28, 29, 19, 18, 40, 21, 26LAL vs OKC · W
29.8 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 22, 17, 26, 19, 21, 17, 11, 25LAL vs OKC · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 15, 15, 29, 14, 15, 18, 26, 24ORL @ TOR · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST