FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 23, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MIN by 3 at halftime and won 91–87.

Final
SAC105
MEM116
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +11
Final
MIL98
SAS112
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +14
Final
CHI98
POR122
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +24
Final
MIN87
LAC91
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +4
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 23, 2008: 5 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI @ DEN), 28 points.
The lead · MIN @ LAC

Minnesota's skid reaches thirteen

Clippers won 91–87; the Timberwolves fall to 1–13. Al Thornton led Clippers with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-3-1+4LAC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2922221487
LAC2820241991
Who led
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 8, 15, 12, 20, 30, 10, 18, 31LAC31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Sebastian TelfairPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 8, 5, 0, 3, 0, 7, 8, 17LAC17 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Jonny FlynnPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 11, 20, 15, 11, 10, 9, 9, 17MIN17 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 15, 8, 9, 10, 15, 7, 8, 15MIN15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIL @ SAS

San Antonio takes down Milwaukee

A 14-point win over the 8–3 Bucks. Final: 112–98. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over MIN4MEM over SAC11SAS over MIL14POR over CHI24Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
36.42008–09 avg24.5Last 3

24.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 2008–09 (33 games). Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Al Thornton leads the day with 31

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.
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 8, 15, 12, 20, 30, 10, 18, 31LAC vs MIN · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 15, 32, 23, 20, 20, 20, 29, 28SAC @ MEM · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 14, 21, 18, 19, 16, 6, 22, 25CHI @ POR · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 11, 20, 11, 18, 20, 12, 10, 24POR vs CHI · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 7, 15, 14, 22, 22, 21, 16, 24SAS vs MIL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Greg OdenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 18, 8, 8, 11, 6, 16, 16, 24POR vs CHI · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high24 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST