FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 1, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed DEN by 14 at halftime and won 102–101.

Final
DAL99
PHI92
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +7
Final
WAS98
ATL88
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +10
Final
DET90
MEM80
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
LAC92
HOU98
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +6
Final
MIL102
DEN101
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL -14; Q3 MIL -8; Q4 MIL +1
Final
LAL105
UTA101
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +4
Final
SAS108
SEA114
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +6
Final
PHX107
GSW101
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +6
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 · 2000–01Nov 1, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Gary Payton (SEA vs DEN), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ DEN

Ray Allen scores 31, Milwaukee rallies past Denver

Milwaukee trailed by 14 at the half and won 102–101. Nick Van Exel scored 44 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-6-14-8+1MIL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL27222825102
DEN33302216101
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 2 games: 32, 31MIL31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 2 games: 28, 21MIL21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 2 games: 27, 44DEN44 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 2 games: 13, 14DEN14 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.8points, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Points per game
17.72000–01 avg35.5Last 2

35.5 points a game over his last two games, against 17.7 in 2000–01 (71 games). Today: 44 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
32.92000–01 avg16.0Last 2

16.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.9 in 2000–01 (37 games). Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
14.52000–01 avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 2000–01 (44 games). Line: 9 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Washington by 10.

MIL over DEN1LAL over UTA4HOU over LAC6SEA over SAS6PHX over GSW6DAL over PHI7WAS over ATL10DET over MEM10Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 44

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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 2 games: 27, 44DEN vs MIL · L
35.5 PPG season to date
44 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 2 games: 29, 39LAL @ UTA · W
34.0 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 2 games: 27, 34DET @ MEM · W
30.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 2 games: 23, 32HOU vs LAC · W
27.5 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 2 games: 19, 31WAS @ ATL · W
25.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 2 games: 29, 31LAL @ UTA · W
30.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST