FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 27, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 100–98.

Final
PHX91
CLE78
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +13
Final
DAL98
PHI100
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +2
Final
TOR101
HOU117
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +16
Final
MIN97
SAC89
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +8
Final
IND79
LAL77
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +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 · DAL @ PHI

Philadelphia holds off Dallas, 100–98

Philadelphia led 75–73 after three and held on to win by two. Evan Turner led Philadelphia with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3+2+2PHI AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3125172598
PHI28252225100
Who led
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 3, 11, 19, 12, 12, 26, 16, 22PHI22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 4, 14, 7, 18, 11, 29, 10, 20PHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 12, 23, 8, 15, 18, 10, 4, 20DAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 8, 8, 2, 10, 7, 7, 10, 17DAL17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · IND @ LAL

Indiana leads Lakers wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 79–77. Best quarter: the first, 25–21. George Hill led Indiana with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over DAL2IND over LAL2MIN over SAC8PHX over CLE13HOU over TOR16Final margin, points. Pink = IND over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 13 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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: 27, 20, 28, 31, 22, 25, 38, 30, 19, 40LAL vs IND · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Blake Griffin LAC, Dec 28, 2013: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 30, 29, 20, 6, 28, 33, 24HOU vs TOR · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 4 games: 34, 24, 15, 23MIN @ SAC · W
24.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 24 REB · 2 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 3, 11, 19, 12, 12, 26, 16, 22PHI vs DAL · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Patrick PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 17, 6, 15, 14, 19, 20, 10, 22HOU vs TOR · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 8, 15, 17, 22, 25, 34, 4, 21TOR @ HOU · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST