FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 2, 2010Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIL by 6 after the first quarter and won 90–76.

Final
ATL100
CLE88
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +12
Final · OT
PHI115
WAS116
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +1
Final
BOS109
DET86
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +23
Final
MIN97
MIA129
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +28; Q4 MIA +32
Final
POR90
MIL76
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +14
Final
MEM105
LAL124
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +27; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +19
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 · 2009–10Nov 2, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC vs MEM), 48 points.
The lead · POR @ MIL

Portland handles Milwaukee by 14

The Trail Blazers won the second quarter 26–18. Final: 90–76. Wesley Matthews led Portland with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+2+11+14POR AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2126261790
MIL2718171476
Who led
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 5 games: 13, 4, 13, 5, 18POR18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 5 games: 24, 22, 29, 17, 17POR17 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 4 games: 16, 23, 9, 16MIL16 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 4 games: 19, 8, 23, 14MIL14 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.3points, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
10.72009–10 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 points a game over his last three games, against 10.7 in 2009–10 (75 games). Today: 12 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
22.42009–10 avg5.0Last 2

5.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.4 in 2009–10 (73 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Minnesota by 32, the widest margin of 6 games.

WAS over PHI1ATL over CLE12POR over MIL14LAL over MEM19BOS over DET23MIA over MIN32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

JJ Hickson 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.
JJ HicksonPoints, last 4 games: 21, 6, 15, 31CLE vs ATL · L
18.2 PPG season to date
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 4 games: 21, 21, 25, 30MEM @ LAL · L
24.2 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 4 games: 15, 16, 18, 30PHI @ WAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 3 games: 14, 28, 29WAS vs PHI · W
23.7 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 5 games: 13, 30, 26, 17, 26MIA vs MIN · W
22.4 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 3 games: 6, 18, 23WAS vs PHI · W
15.7 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST