FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 20, 2013Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 14 after three quarters and won 123–120.

Final
BKN91
CHA95
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +4
Final
WAS98
CLE91
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +18; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +7
Final · OT
IND103
NYK96
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +7
Final
MIA120
ORL92
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +28
Final
TOR108
PHI98
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +10
Final
DET85
ATL93
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +8
Final
POR91
MIL82
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +9
Final
LAC102
MIN98
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +4
Final
UTA98
NOP105
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +4; Q4 NOP +7
Final
BOS93
SAS104
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +11
Final
SAC113
PHX106
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +7
Final
HOU120
DAL123
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL -14; Q4 DAL +3
Final · OT
MEM88
GSW81
Q1 MEM -10; Q2 MEM -10; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +7
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 20, 2012: 3 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ NOH), 29 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Monta Ellis scores 37, Dallas holds off Houston

Final: 123–120. Monta Ellis added 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-11-7-14+3DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU40283319120
DAL29322636123
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 20, 23, 18, 19, 20, 19, 24, 37DAL37 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 16, 14, 16, 19, 28, 18, 20, 35DAL35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 15, 21, 18, 23, 7, 25, 10, 33HOU33 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 33, 35, 12, 26, 36, 17, 15, 23HOU23 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 28.

DAL over HOU3CHA over BKN4LAC over MIN4WAS over CLE7IND over NYK7NOP over UTA7SAC over PHX7MEM over GSW7ATL over DET8POR over MIL9TOR over PHI10SAS over BOS11MIA over ORL28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 11 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 2 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
28.72012–13 avg15.3Last 2

15.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.7 in 2012–13 (39 games). Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 37

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 20, 23, 18, 19, 20, 19, 24, 37DAL vs HOU · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 16, 14, 16, 19, 28, 18, 20, 35DAL vs HOU · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 31, 21, 23, 24, 23, 22, 12, 35IND @ NYK · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 15, 21, 18, 23, 7, 25, 10, 33HOU @ DAL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 14, 6, 18, 22, 18, 37, 29, 33TOR @ PHI · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 8 games: 26, 5, 10, 12, 14, 19, 10, 31PHX vs SAC · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST