FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 3, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed HOU by 6 at halftime and won 107–99.

Final
DET85
ATL94
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +9
Final
CHA85
NJN83
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +2
Final
MIN86
ORL128
Q1 ORL +19; Q2 ORL +33; Q3 ORL +39; Q4 ORL +42
Final
IND75
PHI101
Q1 PHI +15; Q2 PHI +26; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +26
Final · OT
MIL102
BOS105
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +3
Final
NOH107
HOU99
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -6; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +8
Final
DAL102
DEN101
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +1
Final
TOR108
UTA125
Q1 UTA +19; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +17
Final
SAS112
PHX110
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +2
Final
MEM109
GSW115
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +6
Final
OKC92
LAC107
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +15
Final
LAL112
SAC100
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +12
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 3, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs UTA), 40 points.
The lead · NOH @ HOU

New Orleans makes it four straight

New Orleans beat Houston 107–99 and moved to 4–0. Chris Paul led New Orleans with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final00-6+2+8NOH AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH28153034107
HOU2821222899
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 4 games: 17, 18, 25, 25NOH25 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 4 games: 18, 5, 3, 18NOH18 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 4 games: 24, 13, 9, 18HOU18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 4 games: 26, 28, 21, 18HOU18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Minnesota by 42.

DAL over DEN1CHA over NJN2SAS over PHX2BOS over MIL3GSW over MEM6NOH over HOU8ATL over DET9LAL over SAC12LAC over OKC15UTA over TOR17PHI over IND26ORL over MIN42Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
7.92009–10 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 points a game over his last three games, against 7.9 in 2009–10 (62 games). Today: 19 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
30.92009–10 avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 2009–10 (67 games). Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg34.8Today

35 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 39

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 4 games: 46, 15, 20, 39GSW vs MEM · W
30.0 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 4 games: 28, 27, 16, 35DAL @ DEN · W
26.5 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 5 games: 21, 21, 25, 30, 35MEM @ GSW · L
26.4 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 5 games: 27, 25, 20, 23, 30LAL @ SAC · W
25.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Damon Stoudamire TOR, Mar 18, 1997: 30 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
30 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 5 games: 19, 13, 25, 21, 28BOS vs MIL · W
21.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 4 games: 16, 18, 18, 28SAS @ PHX · W
20.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST