FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 7, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed LAC by 4 at halftime and won 102–97.

Final
LAC97
MIA102
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +5
Final
ATL107
DEN109
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +2
Final
LAL99
HOU98
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +1
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Nov 7, 2012: 13 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ UTA), 29 points.
The lead · LAC @ MIA

Miami takes care of Clippers

A 5-point win, 102–97. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-3-4+3+5MIA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC3125172497
MIA28242426102
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 5 games: 13, 21, 20, 20, 29MIA29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 6 games: 17, 25, 26, 25, 35, 18MIA18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 6 games: 19, 23, 20, 18, 23, 27LAC27 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 6 games: 13, 17, 13, 26, 17, 15LAC15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAL @ HOU

Lakers lead Houston wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 99–98. Best quarter: the first, 36–19. Jodie Meeks led Lakers with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over HOU1DEN over ATL2MIA over LAC5Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+2.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.2Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.2 in 5 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 5 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
17.32012–13 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 2012–13 (41 games). Line: 3 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 21, 34, 23, 15, 33, 35HOU vs LAL · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 5 games: 20, 15, 14, 25, 29ATL @ DEN · L
20.6 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 5 games: 13, 21, 20, 20, 29MIA vs LAC · W
20.6 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 6 games: 19, 23, 20, 18, 23, 27LAC @ MIA · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 4 games: 20, 21, 20, 23DEN vs ATL · W
21.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 5 games: 11, 22, 12, 27, 21ATL @ DEN · L
18.6 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST