FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 16, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed HOU by 7 at halftime and won 119–117.

Final
DAL83
IND103
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +20
Final
UTA93
PHI99
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +6
Final
ORL110
DET106
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +4
Final
GSW106
MIN98
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +8
Final
OKC110
NOH95
Q1 OKC +18; Q2 OKC +29; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +15
Final
NYK95
MEM105
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +10
Final · OT
HOU117
POR119
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
Final
ATL112
SAC96
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +16
Final
PHX102
LAL114
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +12
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 · HOU @ POR

Nicolas Batum scores 35, Portland wins in overtime

Tied 111–111 after regulation. Final: 119–117.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-7-10+2POR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU273121326117
POR222927338119
Who led
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 9 games: 26, 3, 17, 14, 23, 33, 19, 15, 35POR35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 9 games: 19, 22, 27, 20, 14, 29, 14, 19, 29POR29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 9 games: 37, 45, 24, 15, 18, 20, 22, 30, 29HOU29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 9 games: 11, 6, 9, 8, 19, 8, 25, 13, 19HOU19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ DET

Orlando takes care of Detroit

A 4-point win, 110–106. JJ Redick led Orlando with 23 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over HOU2ORL over DET4PHI over UTA6GSW over MIN8MEM over NYK10LAL over PHX12OKC over NOH15ATL over SAC16IND over DAL20Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 8 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 8 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nicolas Batum 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.
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 9 games: 26, 3, 17, 14, 23, 33, 19, 15, 35POR vs HOU · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 22, 30, 40, 15, 29, 27, 20, 28, 31LAL vs PHX · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 9 games: 37, 45, 24, 15, 18, 20, 22, 30, 29HOU @ POR · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 9 games: 19, 22, 27, 20, 14, 29, 14, 19, 29POR vs HOU · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 22, 15, 24, 25, 26, 26, 34, 27OKC @ NOH · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 9 games: 23, 21, 20, 13, 16, 20, 12, 22, 27POR vs HOU · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST