FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 21, 2012Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 4 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 14 at halftime and won 101–94.

Final
TOR97
CHA98
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +1
Final
PHI83
CLE92
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +9
Final · OT
NOH107
IND115
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +8
Final
DET74
ORL90
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +16
Final · OT
WAS100
ATL101
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +1
Final
SAS112
BOS100
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +12
Final · OT
MIL106
MIA113
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +7
Final · OT
LAC111
OKC117
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +6
Final
CHI89
HOU93
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +4
Final
DEN101
MIN94
Q1 DEN -11; Q2 DEN -14; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +7
Final
NYK111
DAL114
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
POR87
PHX114
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +27
Final
LAL97
SAC113
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +16
Final
BKN93
GSW102
Q1 GSW -12; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +9
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 · DEN @ MIN

Denver rallies from 14 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 14 at the half, Denver outscored the Timberwolves 57–36 the rest of the way. Final: 101–94. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-14-4+7DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN15292532101
MIN2632152194
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 13, 5, 21, 15, 13, 15, 26, 19DEN19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 13, 15, 19, 17, 10, 9, 7, 18DEN18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LoveMIN34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 5 games: 21, 9, 6, 1, 12MIN12 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Suns rout

Four of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Portland by 27.

CHA over TOR1ATL over WAS1DAL over NYK3HOU over CHI4OKC over LAC6MIA over MIL7DEN over MIN7IND over NOH8CLE over PHI9GSW over BKN9SAS over BOS12ORL over DET16SAC over LAL16PHX over POR27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, today vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
26.02011–12 avg34Today

34 points today in 35 minutes, against 26.0 a game in 2011–12 (55 games).

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg22.9Last 3

22.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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: 40, 15, 29, 27, 20, 28, 31, 22, 25, 38LAL @ SAC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 11, 20, 12, 12, 11, 20, 6, 37IND vs NOH · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 24, 25, 26, 26, 34, 27, 25, 35OKC vs LAC · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LoveMIN vs DEN · L
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 20, 21, 20, 38, 30, 27, 21, 28MIA vs MIL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Jeremy PargoPoints, last 4 games: 2, 0, 6, 28CLE vs PHI · W
9.0 PPG season to date
Career high28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST