FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 20, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed POR by 9 after three quarters and won 103–94.

Final
PHX105
CHA123
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +18
Final
ORL90
IND86
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +4
Final
DAL98
ATL93
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +5
Final
MIA95
MEM97
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +2
Final
OKC82
MIL81
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +1
Final
CLE92
SAS116
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +24
Final
NJN103
DEN107
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +4
Final
UTA103
POR94
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -9; Q4 UTA +9
Final
NYK124
LAC115
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +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 20, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ IND), 40 points.
The lead · UTA @ POR

Utah fights back late to top Portland

Portland led 74–65 after three. Utah won the fourth 38–20 and the game 103–94. CJ Miles led Utah with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-5-3-9+9UTA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA19262038103
POR2424262094
Who led
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 12, 5, 13, 14, 16, 2, 11, 25UTA25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 2, 21, 15, 19, 12, 16, 10, 20UTA20 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 22, 8, 19, 10, 12, 23, 24, 24POR24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 4, 4, 9, 7, 14, 30, 20, 16POR16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Spurs rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Cleveland by 24.

OKC over MIL1MEM over MIA2ORL over IND4DEN over NJN4DAL over ATL5UTA over POR9NYK over LAC9CHA over PHX18SAS over CLE24Final 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
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg13.4Last 3

13.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 7 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 44

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 16, 10, 11, 18, 11, 26, 12, 44LAC vs NYK · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +27.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Apr 25, 2018: 45 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Career high44 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 19, 33, 14, 25, 24, 27, 26, 39NYK @ LAC · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 5, 15, 25, 14, 21, 27, 23, 31NYK @ LAC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 20, 23, 20, 35, 23, 20, 32, 29MIA @ MEM · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 27, 32, 13, 32, 20, 26, 18, 28DEN vs NJN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 6, 15, 10, 19, 12, 6, 8, 26CHA vs PHX · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST