FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 11, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAL by 8 after three quarters and won 118–112.

Final
GSW90
CHI120
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +28; Q3 CHI +31; Q4 CHI +30
Final
BOS112
MIA107
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +5
Final
LAL112
DEN118
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +6
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 11, 2009: 13 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ ORL), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ DEN

Carmelo Anthony posts 32 and 13 as Denver beats Lakers

32 points and 13 rebounds in a 118–112 win.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-2-5-8+6DEN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL26382919112
DEN24352633118
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 9 games: 23, 24, 24, 20, 30, 27, 32, 13, 32DEN32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 6 games: 13, 6, 12, 8, 13, 18DEN18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 27, 25, 20, 23, 30, 23, 12, 33, 34LAL34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Shannon BrownPoints, last 9 games: 16, 8, 5, 13, 0, 12, 15, 3, 19LAL19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BOS @ MIA

Boston leads Miami wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 112–107. Best quarter: the second, 34–26. Ray Allen led Boston with 35 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MIA5DEN over LAL6CHI over GSW30Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 8 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 28.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 35

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 31, 16, 15, 20, 20, 20, 23, 20, 35MIA vs BOS · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 9 games: 20, 12, 12, 16, 23, 25, 19, 11, 35BOS @ MIA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 27, 25, 20, 23, 30, 23, 12, 33, 34LAL @ DEN · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 9 games: 23, 24, 24, 20, 30, 27, 32, 13, 32DEN vs LAL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 7 games: 13, 9, 40, 17, 20, 17, 26CHI vs GSW · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 9 games: 19, 13, 25, 21, 28, 10, 17, 24, 25BOS @ MIA · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST