FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 2, 2012Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by PHX (vs DET) and CHA (vs IND).

Final
IND89
CHA90
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +1
Final
DEN89
ORL102
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +21; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +13
Final
HOU109
ATL102
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIL99
BOS88
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +11
Final
CHI115
CLE86
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +25; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +29
Final
SAC80
MIN92
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +12
Final
UTA86
NOH88
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +2
Final
MIA84
NYK104
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +20
Final
POR92
OKC106
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +14
Final
DET89
PHX92
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +3
Final
MEM104
GSW94
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +10
Final
LAC105
LAL95
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · IND @ CHA

Kemba Walker scores 30, Charlotte holds off Indiana

Final: 90–89. Kemba Walker added 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-4+4+1CHA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2023271989
CHA1722351690
Who led
Kemba WalkerCHA30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Gerald HendersonCHA18 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 2 games: 5, 15IND15 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tyler HansbroughPoints, last 2 games: 8, 15IND15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+24.2points, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
16.82011–12 avg41.0Last 2

41.0 points a game over his last two games, against 16.8 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 45 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.12011–12 avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 2011–12 (65 games). Today: 4 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
14.02011–12 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 2011–12 (64 games). Line: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bulls rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Cleveland by 29.

CHA over IND1NOH over UTA2PHX over DET3HOU over ATL7MEM over GSW10LAC over LAL10MIL over BOS11MIN over SAC12ORL over DEN13OKC over POR14NYK over MIA20CHI over CLE29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 45

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.
James HardenPoints, last 2 games: 37, 45HOU @ ATL · W
41.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Feb 25, 2001: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Career high45 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 3 games: 22, 30, 40LAL vs LAC · L
30.7 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Andrew Wiggins MIN, Jan 22, 2018: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 2 games: 18, 32OKC vs POR · W
25.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyNYK vs MIA · W
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kemba WalkerCHA vs IND · W
30.0 PPG season to date
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Glen DavisORL vs DEN · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST