FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 5, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed MEM by 15 after the first quarter and won 123–118.

Final
MIL94
IND90
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -8; Q3 MIL -6; Q4 MIL +4
Final
NJN90
ORL105
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +15
Final
CLE123
PHI116
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +7
Final
CHA90
DET97
Q1 DET +17; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +7
Final
WAS91
NYK112
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +21
Final · OT
CHI105
BOS110
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final
ATL113
MIN103
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +10
Final
MIA93
NOH96
Q1 NOH +12; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +3
Final · 2OT
MEM118
PHX123
Q1 PHX -15; Q2 PHX -10; Q3 PHX -6; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX 0; OT2 PHX +5
Final
LAC104
DEN111
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +7
Final
UTA78
GSW85
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +7
Final
TOR103
LAL108
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +5
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 5, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA vs SAS), 27 points.
The lead · MEM @ PHX

Jason Richardson scores 38, Phoenix wins in double overtime

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Final: 123–118.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-15-10-600+5PHX AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MEM35202123109118
PHX202525291014123
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 5 games: 22, 16, 17, 21, 38PHX38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 5 games: 26, 18, 8, 19, 25PHX25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 5 games: 10, 11, 11, 10, 26MEM26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 6 games: 21, 21, 25, 30, 35, 26MEM26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 5 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
22.72009–10 avg6.5Last 2

6.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.7 in 2009–10 (33 games). Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 12 games went past regulation.

NOH over MIA3MIL over IND4BOS over CHI5PHX over MEM5LAL over TOR5CLE over PHI7DET over CHA7DEN over LAC7GSW over UTA7ATL over MIN10ORL over NJN15NYK over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 38

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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 5 games: 22, 16, 17, 21, 38PHX vs MEM · W
22.8 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 4 games: 23, 19, 18, 30ORL vs NJN · W
22.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 5 games: 23, 24, 24, 20, 30DEN vs LAC · W
24.2 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 6 games: 29, 21, 26, 21, 22, 30LAL vs TOR · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 6 games: 6, 8, 12, 14, 11, 29PHI vs CLE · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 6 games: 13, 30, 26, 17, 26, 28MIA @ NOH · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST