FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 25, 2007Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed LAL by 12 at halftime and won 102–100.

Final · Box score
Bulls78
Raptors93
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +15
Final · Box score
Jazz103
Pistons93
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +10
Final · Box score
Cavs111
Pacers106
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +5
Final · Box score
Spurs116
Sonics101
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 Spurs 0; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +15
Final · Box score
Nets102
Lakers100
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -12; Q3 Nets 0; Q4 NJN +2
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The lead · Nets-Lakers

New Jersey rallies from 12 down to beat Lakers

LeBron James posts a triple-double

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-120+2NJN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets18193530102
Lakers26232328100
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 32, 21, 15, 18, 22, 30, 30, 27NJN27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 9 games: 24, 7, 18, 12, 24, 17, 13, 15, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 18, 30, 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31LAL31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 6, 13, 7, 4, 11, 14, 13, 20LAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Bulls-Raptors

Chicago's skid reaches four

Toronto won 93–78; the Bulls fall to 2–10. Jose Calderon led Toronto with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 14 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
L@ MIL72–78Lvs LAC91–97Wvs DET97–93Lvs TOR71–101L@ PHX102–112W@ LAC92–73L@ LAL78–106L@ DEN91–112L@ NYK78–85L@ TOR78–93
Lead changes
Cavs-Pacers18
Spurs-Sonics5
Nets-Lakers5
Bulls-Raptors4
Jazz-Pistons4
The night in charts
Spurs-Sonics combined for 217
Points by game
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 116, Sonics 101
217
Cavs-PacersCavs 111, Pacers 106
217
Nets-LakersNets 102, Lakers 100
202
Jazz-PistonsJazz 103, Pistons 93
196
Bulls-RaptorsBulls 78, Raptors 93
171
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nets-LakersNets 102, Lakers 100
+2 NJN
Cavs-PacersCavs 111, Pacers 106
+5 CLE
Jazz-PistonsJazz 103, Pistons 93
+10 UTA
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 116, Sonics 101
+15 SAS
Bulls-RaptorsBulls 78, Raptors 93
+15 TOR
NJN erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-LakersNJN won · Nets 102, Lakers 100
12 pts
Bulls-RaptorsTOR won · Bulls 78, Raptors 93
7 pts
Jazz-PistonsUTA won · Jazz 103, Pistons 93
4 pts
Cavs-PacersCLE won · Cavs 111, Pacers 106
4 pts
Boozer shot 17-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BoozerUTA · 36 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
85% (17-20)
FisherLAL · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
80% (8-10)
SzczerbiakSEA · 27 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
77% (10-13)
DanielsIND · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
75% (9-12)
KDSEA · 25 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST
65% (11-17)
Final · Nets-Lakers
Nets 102Lakers 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets18193530102
Lakers26232328100
The story
Richard Jefferson had 27 points as New Jersey beat Los Angeles 102-100

Andrew Bynum led Los Angeles with 13 REB, 12 PTS 27 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 8-17 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 12 after the second, the Nets took the third 35-23.

NJN lead by quarter
200 −8−120+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kobe Bryant led the game in fantasy with 56.1 FPTS (31 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB)

Final · Cavs-Pacers
Cavs 111Pacers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs21331938111
Pacers25212931106
The story
Drew Gooden's 23 points and 12 rebounds carried Cleveland past Indiana, 111-106

For Indiana, Danny Granger had 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 9-16 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 33-21.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −4+8−2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Sonics
Spurs 116Sonics 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs32322725116
Sonics30342017101
The story
San Antonio beat Seattle 116-101 behind 26 points from Tim Duncan

Kevin Durant paced Seattle: 25 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 26 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST · 11-18 FG

The swing

A 25-17 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +20+7+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.4Season avg37.2Last 5

37.2 points a game over his last five games, against 31.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
23.42006–07 avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 2006–07 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 14 assists.

Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 36

Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 31, 32, 23, 26, 19, 17, 19, 36Jazz-Pistons · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 18, 30, 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31Lakers-Nets · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 22, 27, 39, 40, 34, 45, 37, 30Cavs-Pacers · W
31.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 32, 21, 15, 18, 22, 30, 30, 27Nets-Lakers · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 8, 8, 6, 15, 2, 11, 6, 27Sonics-Spurs · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 16, 5, 24, 25, 13, 20, 28, 26Spurs-Sonics · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST