FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 28, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed NOH by 17 at halftime and won 109–95.

Final
ATL96
TOR78
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +18
Final · 2OT
NYK125
DET116
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK 0; OT2 NYK +9
Final
SAS109
NOH95
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS -17; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +14
Final
UTA109
LAC97
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +12
Final
OKC98
HOU99
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +1
Final
POR96
NJN98
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN -5; Q4 NJN +2
Final
PHX133
DEN138
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +5
Final
IND95
LAL92
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +3
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 28, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ CLE), 27 points.
The lead · SAS @ NOH

San Antonio erases 17-point lead, steals one from New Orleans

New Orleans led 61–44 at halftime. San Antonio won the second half 65–34 to take it 109–95. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-8-17-5+14SAS AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS26182837109
NOH3427161895
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 21, 20, 15, 13, 25, 26, 31, 23SAS23 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 6, 16, 19, 8, 15, 9, 15, 21SAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 12, 17, 34, 17, 30, 15, 14, 23NOH23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 22, 20, 15, 9, 14, 17, 16, 15NOH15 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · POR @ NJN

New Jersey climbs out of an 8-point hole against Portland

Down 8 at the half, the Nets won the third quarter 29–26 and the game 98–96. Devin Harris led New Jersey with 25 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NJN vs POR
Devin Harris · NJNWesley Matthews · PORPTS2525REB14AST81Top 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
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 17 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 15 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg51.3Today

51 minutes today, against 28.7 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 41

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 25, 31, 33, 23, 20, 20, 31, 41LAL vs IND · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, May 8, 2016: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 35, 11, 11, 7, 13, 26, 20, 29, 39PHX @ DEN · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 24, 27, 26, 39, 17, 20, 24, 37NYK @ DET · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 11, 26, 12, 44, 24, 25, 20, 35LAC vs UTA · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 14, 15, 13, 7, 19, 6, 14, 31DET vs NYK · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 10, 11, 13, 0, 11, 4, 9, 30DEN vs PHX · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST