FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 14, 2010Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed OKC by 5 after the first quarter and won 117–104.

Final
MIN105
ATL111
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +6
Final
DET100
SAC94
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +6
Final
SAS117
OKC104
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +13
Final
HOU104
NYK96
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +8
Final
PHX121
LAL116
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +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 14, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (MIL vs GSW), 55 points.
The lead · SAS @ OKC

San Antonio makes it seven straight

San Antonio beat OKC 117–104 and moved to 8–1. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-5+2+13SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS30312135117
OKC35311424104
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 9 games: 20, 13, 19, 11, 21, 12, 21, 24, 24SAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 9 games: 22, 23, 14, 18, 28, 26, 22, 18, 21SAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 9 games: 30, 30, 28, 16, 28, 34, 31, 34, 23OKC23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 28, 17, 22, 16, 28, 16, 31, 36, 19OKC19 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAL

Phoenix handles Lakers by 5

The Suns won the third quarter 36–31. Final: 121–116. Jason Richardson led Phoenix with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over LAL5ATL over MIN6DET over SAC6HOU over NYK8SAS over OKC13Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 9 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jason Richardson 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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 9 games: 22, 16, 17, 21, 38, 21, 17, 14, 35PHX @ LAL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 26, 21, 22, 30, 20, 18, 17, 28LAL vs PHX · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 16, 18, 14, 30, 16, 14, 12, 28ATL vs MIN · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 9 games: 26, 28, 21, 18, 24, 21, 31, 20, 28HOU @ NYK · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 20, 23, 30, 23, 12, 33, 34, 25LAL vs PHX · L
25.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 18, 14, 18, 21, 19, 33, 14, 25NYK vs HOU · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST