FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 24, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DAL by 4 at halftime and won 111–103.

Final
IND112
TOR123
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +21; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +11
Final
PHI107
WAS108
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +1
Final
GSW111
DAL103
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +8
Final
NJN87
DEN101
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +14
Final
OKC104
UTA94
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +10
Final
NYK90
LAL100
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +10
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 24, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU @ MIA), 28 points.
The lead · GSW @ DAL

Monta Ellis scores 37 as Golden State wins in Dallas

Final: 111–103. Monta Ellis made 15 of 29 shots from the field.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-2-4-4+8GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW25252833111
DAL27272821103
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 18, 16, 22, 26, 23, 18, 34, 37GSW37 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 20, 5, 7, 2, 18, 4, 23, 27GSW27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 23, 29, 20, 25, 32, 41, 20, 28DAL28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 24, 19, 12, 9, 19, 13, 20, 21DAL21 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Denver by 14.

WAS over PHI1GSW over DAL8OKC over UTA10LAL over NYK10TOR over IND11DEN over NJN14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 13 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
20.82008–09 avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 2008–09 (56 games). Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 37

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 18, 16, 22, 26, 23, 18, 34, 37GSW @ DAL · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 31, 29, 22, 33, 19, 18, 36IND @ TOR · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 41, 28, 29, 19, 18, 40, 21, 26, 34LAL vs NYK · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 4 games: 31, 22, 15, 32WAS vs PHI · W
25.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 23, 29, 20, 25, 32, 41, 20, 28DAL vs GSW · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 30, 25, 40, 32, 12, 35, 19, 28OKC @ UTA · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST