FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 6, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAC by 16 at halftime and won 109–107.

Final
ORL91
CHA88
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +3
Final
CLE107
WAS102
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +5
Final
NJN89
MIA101
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +12
Final
NOH87
MIL81
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +6
Final · OT
HOU121
SAS124
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +3
Final
DEN103
DAL92
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +11
Final · 2OT
LAC107
UTA109
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 UTA -16; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA 0; OT2 UTA +2
Final
TOR84
POR97
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +13
Final
MEM100
SAC91
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +9
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 6, 2009: 13 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs MEM), 41 points.
The lead · LAC @ UTA

Deron Williams drops 30 in 16-point comeback win over Clippers

Clippers led by 16 at the half. Final: 109–107.

Game flow · UTA 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 OT1Final0-13-16-300+2UTA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
LAC35201818610107
UTA22173121612109
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 6 games: 17, 13, 16, 22, 23, 30UTA30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 6 games: 15, 19, 30, 21, 12, 25UTA25 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 7 games: 22, 19, 9, 23, 27, 21, 27LAC27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 7 games: 8, 13, 13, 18, 4, 10, 23LAC23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 13.

UTA over LAC2ORL over CHA3SAS over HOU3CLE over WAS5NOH over MIL6MEM over SAC9DEN over DAL11MIA over NJN12POR over TOR13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.9points, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
15.82009–10 avg20.7Last 3

20.7 points a game over his last three games, against 15.8 in 2009–10 (69 games). Today: 28 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
36.52009–10 avg25.8Last 2

25.8 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.5 in 2009–10 (32 games). Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 23.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Rudy Gay leads the day with 32

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.
Rudy GayPoints, last 7 games: 21, 21, 25, 30, 35, 26, 32MEM @ SAC · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 6 games: 17, 13, 16, 22, 23, 30UTA vs LAC · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 5 games: 18, 21, 23, 21, 30SAC vs MEM · L
22.6 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 7 games: 13, 30, 26, 17, 26, 28, 29MIA vs NJN · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 5 games: 22, 23, 14, 18, 28SAS vs HOU · W
21.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 3 games: 12, 22, 28CLE @ WAS · W
20.7 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST