FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 9, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NYK by 15 at halftime and won 103–95.

Final
NYK95
IND103
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -15; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +8
Final
GSW109
WAS100
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +9
Final
SEA94
BOS104
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +10
Final
SAC105
ORL115
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +10
Final
HOU81
DEN108
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +27
Final
MEM86
LAL110
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +27; Q4 LAL +24
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 9, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NJN vs DET), 32 points.
The lead · NYK @ IND

Indiana erases 15-point lead, steals one from New York

New York led 60–45 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 58–35 to take it 103–95. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 22 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-15-5+8IND AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK3030161995
IND20252632103
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 7 games: 9, 25, 17, 21, 22, 16, 22IND22 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 7 games: 43, 19, 24, 17, 26, 18, 22IND22 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 6 games: 28, 19, 17, 14, 14, 18NYK18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 6 games: 22, 15, 5, 17, 14, 17NYK17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, today vs 2000–01 avg
Points per game
11.92000–01 avg18Today

18 points today in 33 minutes, against 11.9 a game in 2000–01 (82 games).

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 3 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
29.22000–01 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 2000–01 (80 games). Today: 6 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 8. Widest: Denver by 27.

IND over NYK8GSW over WAS9BOS over SEA10ORL over SAC10LAL over MEM24DEN over HOU27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 6 games: 23, 11, 22, 27, 20, 44ORL vs SAC · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 6 games: 29, 36, 16, 33, 14, 35BOS vs SEA · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 6 games: 19, 31, 20, 19, 32, 32WAS vs GSW · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 6 games: 26, 24, 11, 32, 36, 31SAC @ ORL · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 7 games: 18, 25, 14, 32, 24, 19, 30SEA @ BOS · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 6 games: 27, 44, 32, 25, 13, 28DEN vs HOU · W
28.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST