FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 27, 2010Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed DET by 8 at halftime and won 101–98.

Final
BOS87
CLE95
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +8
Final
DET98
NJN101
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +3
Final
MIA97
PHI87
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +10
Final
NYK98
TOR93
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +5
Final
ATL119
MEM104
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +15
Final
SAC117
MIN116
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +1
Final
MIL91
NOH95
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +4
Final
CHI95
OKC106
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +11
Final
CHA86
DAL101
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +15
Final
IND109
SAS122
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +13
Final
UTA88
DEN110
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +22
Final
HOU128
GSW132
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +4
Final
POR98
LAC88
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +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 · 2009–10Oct 27, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs BOS), 38 points.
The lead · DET @ NJN

New Jersey climbs out of an 8-point hole against Detroit

Down 8 at the half, the Nets won the third quarter 31–20 and the game 101–98. Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-8+3+3NJN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2027203198
NJN20193131101
Who led
Brook LopezNJN25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Devin HarrisNJN22 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Rodney StuckeyDET14 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Charlie VillanuevaDET14 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+20.5points, today vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
25.52009–10 avg46Today

46 points today in 40 minutes, against 25.5 a game in 2009–10 (64 games).

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
28.42009–10 avg12.5Last 2

12.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.4 in 2009–10 (70 games). Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
18.42009–10 avg40.5Today

41 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 2009–10 (80 games). Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Utah by 22.

SAC over MIN1NJN over DET3NOH over MIL4GSW over HOU4NYK over TOR5CLE over BOS8MIA over PHI10POR over LAC10OKC over CHI11SAS over IND13ATL over MEM15DAL over CHA15DEN over UTA22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 46

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 EllisGSW vs HOU · W
46.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Jan 15, 1996: 46 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ties career high46 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 2 games: 18, 36HOU @ GSW · L
27.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 2 games: 13, 30MIA @ PHI · W
21.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantOKC vs CHI · W
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookOKC vs CHI · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiDAL vs CHA · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST