FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 29, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed POR by 5 after three quarters and won 97–94.

Final · Box score
Spurs85
Bulls92
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +7
Final · Box score
Nuggets97
Blazers94
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +3
On this day · 2008–09Oct 29, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (Pacers-Pistons), 33 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Blazers

Carmelo Anthony scores 41 as Denver beats Portland

Tim Duncan goes for 28 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7-1-5+3DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2418203597
Blazers1726242794
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 30, 41DEN41 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 2 games: 25, 22DEN22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 2 games: 20, 30POR30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rudy FernandezPoints, last 2 games: 8, 22POR22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Spurs-Bulls

Chicago handles San Antonio by 7

The Bulls won the third quarter 27–18. Final: 92–85. Luol Deng led Chicago with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bulls-Spurs
Luol Deng · CHITim Duncan · SASPTS1728REB916AST22Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Bulls10
Nuggets-Blazers3
The night in charts
Nuggets-Blazers combined for 191, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 97, Blazers 94
191
Spurs-BullsSpurs 85, Bulls 92
177
DEN won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 97, Blazers 94
+3 DEN
Spurs-BullsSpurs 85, Bulls 92
+7 CHI
DEN rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-BlazersDEN won · Nuggets 97, Blazers 94
5 pts
Spurs-BullsCHI won · Spurs 85, Bulls 92
1 pt
Duncan shot 13-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuncanSAS · 28 PTS, 16 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
68% (13-19)
DengCHI · 17 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
MeloDEN · 41 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
52% (11-21)
Tyrus ThomasCHI · 13 PTS, 6 REB, 3 BLK
50% (5-10)
HinrichCHI · 14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
45% (5-11)
Final · Nuggets-Blazers
Nuggets 97Blazers 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2418203597
Blazers1726242794
The story
Chauncey Billups had 22 points as Denver beat Portland 97-94

Rudy Fernandez led Portland with 22 PTS, 4 REB 22 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB · 5-14 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Nuggets took the fourth 35-27.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +7−1−5+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Bulls
Spurs 85Bulls 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2323182185
Bulls2225271892
The story
Derrick Rose's 13 points carried Chicago past San Antonio, 92-85

For San Antonio, Manu Ginobili had 12 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 13 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 5-12 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 27-18, was where the Bulls built it.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −1+1+10+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.7points, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
22.82008–09 avg35.5Last 2

35.5 points a game over his last two games, against 22.8 in 2008–09 (66 games). Today: 41 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
30.12008–09 avg17.0Last 2

17.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.1 in 2008–09 (62 games). Today: 1 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.5minutes, today vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
35.32008–09 avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 35.3 a game in 2008–09 (79 games). Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 41

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 30, 41Nuggets-Blazers · W
35.5 PPG season to date
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 2 games: 20, 30Blazers-Nuggets · L
25.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 2 games: 9, 28Spurs-Bulls · L
18.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 2 games: 25, 22Nuggets-Blazers · W
23.5 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Rudy FernandezPoints, last 2 games: 8, 22Blazers-Nuggets · L
15.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Luol DengBulls-Spurs · W
17.0 PPG season to date
17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST