FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 26, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAL by 16 after the first quarter and won 102–96.

Final
HOU89
CHA99
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +10
Final
CLE100
ORL111
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +11
Final
TOR101
BOS110
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MIL89
DET103
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +14
Final
PHI90
MIA99
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +9
Final · OT
OKC110
IND106
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC -8; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +4
Final
DAL103
SAS94
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
CHI97
DEN98
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +1
Final
LAC108
PHX116
Q1 PHX +21; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +8
Final
LAL96
UTA102
Q1 UTA -16; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +6
Final
GSW111
MEM116
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +5
Final
NOH97
POR78
Q1 NOH -7; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +19
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 26, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA vs CHI), 28 points.
The lead · LAL @ UTA

Utah storms back from 16 down to beat Lakers

The Jazz trailed by 16 after one and won 102–96. Deron Williams led Utah with 29 points, 1 rebound and 12 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-4+3+6UTA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL3317222496
UTA17292927102
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 17, 31, 23, 23, 12, 12, 26, 29UTA29 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 19, 12, 16, 10, 20, 19, 23, 20UTA20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 33, 34, 25, 31, 33, 23, 20, 20, 31LAL31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 17, 28, 18, 25, 16, 28, 12, 21LAL21 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Second story · OKC @ IND

OKC outlasts Indiana in overtime

96–96 at the end of regulation. OKC took the last extra period 14–10. Final: 110–106. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 43 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs IND
Russell Westbrook · OKCDanny Granger · INDPTS4330REB84AST82Top 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
19.2Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 33 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 43

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 19, 22, 21, 31, 18, 20, 13, 43OKC @ IND · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Jan 31, 2007: 43 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Career high43 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
C.J. WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 7, 1, 2, 6, 13, 2, 2, 33CHI @ DEN · L
6.8 PPG season to date · +28.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 28, 30, 30, 19, 25, 27, 28, 32LAC @ PHX · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 18, 21, 20, 15, 13, 25, 26, 31SAS vs DAL · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 33, 34, 25, 31, 33, 23, 20, 20, 31LAL @ UTA · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 17, 34, 22, 22, 13, 20, 24, 30IND vs OKC · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST