FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 13, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 84–82.

Final
WAS76
CHA92
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +16
Final
TOR74
IND72
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +2
Final
NYK99
ORL89
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +10
Final
CLE101
BKN114
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN +22; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +13
Final
POR103
SAC86
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +17
Final
SAS84
LAL82
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +2
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 · SAS @ LAL

San Antonio holds off Lakers, 84–82

San Antonio led 60–59 after three and held on to win by two. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-5+1+2SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1820222484
LAL2419162382
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 7 games: 23, 14, 24, 6, 4, 5, 19SAS19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 8 games: 24, 20, 19, 14, 10, 23, 22, 18SAS18 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 22, 30, 40, 15, 29, 27, 20, 28LAL28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 8 games: 19, 33, 13, 28, 19, 6, 23, 13LAL13 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
23.02011–12 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.0 in 2011–12 (59 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · NYK @ ORL

New York stays perfect at 5–0

Latest: 99–89 over Orlando. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · NYK
Wvs MIA104–84Wvs PHI100–84W@ PHI110–88Wvs DAL104–94W@ ORL99–89NYK: last 5 games through Nov 13, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Anderson Varejao leads the day with 35

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.
Anderson VarejaoPoints, last 7 games: 9, 12, 20, 15, 14, 6, 35CLE @ BKN · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 8 games: 29, 15, 27, 24, 28, 17, 20, 34CLE @ BKN · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 22, 30, 40, 15, 29, 27, 20, 28LAL vs SAS · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 6 games: 19, 18, 14, 12, 17, 26BKN vs CLE · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 6 games: 14, 19, 9, 13, 13, 25BKN vs CLE · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 5 games: 30, 27, 21, 31, 25NYK @ ORL · W
26.8 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST