FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 21, 2010Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed BOS by 8 after the first quarter and won 102–101.

Final
BOS101
TOR102
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +1
Final · OT
WAS110
DET115
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final
NOH75
SAC71
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH +3; Q4 NOH +4
Final
GSW89
LAL117
Q1 LAL +16; Q2 LAL +28; Q3 LAL +35; Q4 LAL +28
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 21, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs PHI), 32 points.
The lead · BOS @ TOR

Toronto fights back from 8 down against Boston

Final: 102–101, after trailing by 8 after one. Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-8+3+7+1TOR AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS31271726101
TOR23382120102
Who led
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 11, 25, 27, 22, 12, 30, 26, 29TOR29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 12, 16, 12, 14, 6, 3, 10, 17TOR17 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 7, 9, 3, 12, 15, 5, 4, 22BOS22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 25, 19, 11, 35, 15, 11, 8, 19BOS19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · WAS @ DET

Detroit needs overtime to survive Washington

Tied 102–102 after regulation. Detroit won the final period 13–8 for a 115–110 win. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs WAS
Richard Hamilton · DETJaVale McGee · WASPTS2720REB416AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 11 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg23.8Last 3

23.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 11 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg34.8Today

35 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Andrea Bargnani leads the day with 29

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.
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 11, 25, 27, 22, 12, 30, 26, 29TOR vs BOS · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 20, 18, 17, 28, 18, 25, 16, 28LAL vs GSW · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 16, 27, 4, 12, 13, 13, 4, 27DET vs WAS · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 10, 16, 8, 30, 11, 18, 8, 25DET vs WAS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 7, 9, 3, 12, 15, 5, 4, 22BOS @ TOR · L
7.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 11, 8, 10, 6, 8, 8, 10, 20WAS @ DET · L
8.8 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high20 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST