FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 25, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed MIL by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–99.

Final
TOR81
CHA116
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +35
Final
LAC73
IND86
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -9; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +13
Final
PHI110
BOS113
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +3
Final
MIA99
ORL98
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +1
Final
CLE98
DET88
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +10
Final
DEN124
MIN111
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +13
Final · OT
MIL99
NOH102
Q1 NOH -10; Q2 NOH -8; Q3 NOH -2; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +3
Final
DAL130
HOU99
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +31
Final
GSW104
SAS118
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +14
Final
MEM111
PHX126
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +15
Final
NJN83
POR93
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +10
Final
NYK97
SAC111
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +14
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 25, 2008: 5 games. Top scorer: Caron Butler (WAS vs GSW), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ NOH

New Orleans rallies from eight down at the half, wins in overtime

Milwaukee led 47–39 at the break. It was 91–91 after regulation, and New Orleans won the extra time 11–8. Final: 102–99. David West led New Orleans with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-8-20+3NOH AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIL30172321899
NOH2019292311102
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 10, 15, 8, 24, 6, 12, 13, 27NOH27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 10, 18, 10, 12, 15, 22, 11, 18NOH18 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Luke RidnourPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 4, 13, 17, 17, 8, 13, 4, 23MIL23 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 8, 3, 6, 8, 16, 8, 15, 22MIL22 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 13 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bobcats rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Toronto by 35.

MIA over ORL1BOS over PHI3NOH over MIL3CLE over DET10POR over NJN10IND over LAC13DEN over MIN13SAS over GSW14SAC over NYK14PHX over MEM15DAL over HOU31CHA over TOR35Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 42

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: 9, 18, 16, 22, 26, 23, 18, 34, 37, 42GSW @ SAS · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 16, 2001: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ties career high42 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 36, 34, 21, 31, 34, 40, 32, 34CLE @ DET · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 23, 4, 17, 26, 11, 18, 5, 32NJN @ POR · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 9 games: 17, 8, 24, 21, 4, 17, 17, 6, 32SAS vs GSW · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 13, 12, 12, 11, 11, 22, 11, 31CHA vs TOR · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 17, 21, 8, 30, 23, 23, 21, 28PHX vs MEM · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST