FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 25, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WAS96
ATL116
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +20
Final
SAC82
LAC100
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +18
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 25, 2009: 12 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW @ SAS), 42 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAC

Sacramento's skid reaches three

Clippers won 100–82; the Kings fall to 4–10. Eric Gordon led Clippers with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+4+15+18LAC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2525191382
LAC30243016100
Who led
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 27, 28, 30, 30, 19, 25, 27, 28LAC28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 11, 18, 11, 26, 12, 44, 24, 25LAC25 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 4, 20, 19, 21, 15, 9, 12, 18SAC18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 0, 0, 13, 13, 10, 11, 7, 15SAC15 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Second story · WAS @ ATL

Atlanta leads Washington wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 116–96. Best quarter: the third, 36–27. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs WAS
Joe Johnson · ATLGilbert Arenas · WASPTS2121REB56AST58Top 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
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.9Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.9 in 15 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 11 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg27.6Today

28 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Eric Gordon leads the day with 28

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.
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 27, 28, 30, 30, 19, 25, 27, 28LAC vs SAC · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 11, 18, 11, 26, 12, 44, 24, 25LAC vs SAC · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 5, 30, 20, 9, 24, 19, 17, 21WAS @ ATL · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 13, 23, 17, 11, 11, 6, 16, 21ATL vs WAS · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 8, 20, 23, 25, 21, 2, 20, 20ATL vs WAS · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 3, 3, 9, 11, 20, 20, 5, 18, 19, 20WAS @ ATL · L
11.1 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST