FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 2, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by LAC (vs DEN) and SAS (vs DAL).

Final · Box score
Spurs97
Mavs91
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +6
Final · Box score
Nuggets95
Clippers96
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +1
On this day · 2005–06Nov 2, 2005: 14 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (Bucks-Nets), 41 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Clippers

Sam Cassell scores 35, Clippers hold off Denver

Marcus Camby goes for 18 rebounds

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1-5+1LAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2424222595
Clippers1831163196
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 2 games: 17, 35LAC35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 2 games: 9, 21LAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
JR SmithDEN21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Marcus CambyDEN16 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Spurs-Mavs

San Antonio handles Dallas by 6

The Spurs won the third quarter 27–24. Final: 97–91. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Mavs
Tony Parker · SASDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS1921REB211AST31Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Clippers19
Spurs-Mavs6
The night in charts
Nuggets-Clippers combined for 191, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 95, Clippers 96
191
Spurs-MavsSpurs 97, Mavs 91
188
LAC won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 95, Clippers 96
+1 LAC
Spurs-MavsSpurs 97, Mavs 91
+6 SAS
LAC rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-ClippersLAC won · Nuggets 95, Clippers 96
6 pts
Spurs-MavsSAS won · Spurs 97, Mavs 91
6 pts
Camby shot 6-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CambyDEN · 18 REB, 16 PTS, 4 AST, 4 BLK
60% (6-10)
CassellLAC · 35 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST
54% (13-24)
TerryDAL · 14 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB
54% (7-13)
JR SmithDEN · 21 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
50% (8-16)
ManuSAS · 16 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
50% (6-12)
Final · Nuggets-Clippers
Nuggets 95Clippers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2424222595
Clippers1831163196
The story
Tim Thomas had 21 points as Los Angeles beat Denver 96-95

Earl Boykins led Denver with 15 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 8-17 FG, 5-11 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the first, the Clippers took the second 31-24.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −6+1−5+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Mavs
Spurs 97Mavs 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2619272597
Mavs2724241691
The story
Manu Ginobili's 16 points carried San Antonio past Dallas, 97-91

For Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had 21 PTS, 11 REB 16 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 6-12 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 25-16.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −1−6−3+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Josh Howard was the fantasy play: 41.7 FPTS on 20 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.3points, today vs 2005–06 avg
Points per game
7.72005–06 avg21Today

21 points today in 28 minutes, against 7.7 a game in 2005–06 (55 games).

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 2 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
29.52005–06 avg17.7Last 2

17.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.5 in 2005–06 (32 games). Today: 13 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.5minutes, today vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
18.52005–06 avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 2005–06 (81 games). Line: 3 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 35

Sam CassellPoints, last 2 games: 17, 35Clippers-Nuggets · W
26.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiMavs-Spurs · L
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 2 games: 9, 21Clippers-Nuggets · W
15.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
JR SmithNuggets-Clippers · L
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardMavs-Spurs · L
20.0 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerSpurs-Mavs · W
19.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST