FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 11, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed ATL by 1 after the first quarter and won 89–76.

Final
ORL74
BKN82
Q1 BKN +18; Q2 BKN +15; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +8
Final
ATL76
LAC89
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +13
Final
MIA86
MEM104
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +18
Final
CLE91
OKC106
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +15
Final
SAC90
LAL103
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +13
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 · ATL @ LAC

Clippers beat Atlanta, 89–76

Clippers led 65–60 after three and won by 13. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+2+5+13LAC AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1918231676
LAC1821262489
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 7 games: 11, 15, 19, 20, 22, 7, 16LAC16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 7 games: 12, 18, 27, 17, 10, 21, 15LAC15 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 4 games: 18, 11, 13, 13ATL13 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 5 games: 14, 23, 16, 10, 11ATL11 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ BKN

Brooklyn controls Orlando start to finish

Brooklyn won 82–74, leading by as many as 18 at a break. Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over ORL8LAC over ATL13LAL over SAC13OKC over CLE15MEM over MIA18Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
27.22011–12 avg13.8Last 2

13.8 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.2 in 2011–12 (46 games). Today: 9 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 27

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 7 games: 18, 32, 14, 19, 16, 10, 27OKC vs CLE · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 7 games: 23, 23, 22, 15, 24, 25, 26OKC vs CLE · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 6 games: 4, 10, 2, 5, 5, 25MEM vs MIA · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 7 games: 19, 33, 13, 28, 19, 6, 23LAL vs SAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 7 games: 19, 12, 40, 18, 8, 24, 22MIA @ MEM · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 6 games: 25, 18, 15, 17, 21, 21MEM vs MIA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST