FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 13, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIN by 5 after the first quarter and won 107–103.

Final
NJN91
IND82
Q1 NJN +16; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +9
Final
PHI82
MIA76
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +6
Final
POR82
NYK89
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CLE107
MIN103
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +4
Final
TOR86
SAC95
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +9
Final
HOU86
SAS90
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +4
Final
CHI93
DEN101
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +8
Final
PHX92
SEA91
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +1
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 13, 2000: 2 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NJN vs POR), 24 points.
The lead · CLE @ MIN

Cleveland handles Minnesota by 4

The Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 34–30. Final: 107–103. Andre Miller led Cleveland with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+40+4CLE AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE22242734107
MIN27153130103
Who led
Andre MillerPoints, last 8 games: 9, 22, 30, 20, 19, 15, 19, 29CLE29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 7 games: 6, 11, 0, 22, 12, 21, 22CLE22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 7 games: 12, 30, 37, 19, 15, 20, 28MIN28 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 7 games: 12, 22, 12, 35, 13, 19, 19MIN19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 9.

PHX over SEA1CLE over MIN4SAS over HOU4PHI over MIA6NYK over POR7DEN over CHI8NJN over IND9SAC over TOR9Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Points per game
7.42000–01 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 points a game over his last two games, against 7.4 in 2000–01 (67 games). Today: 12 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 32

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 8 games: 23, 32, 20, 13, 22, 18, 7, 32HOU @ SAS · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 8 games: 9, 22, 30, 20, 19, 15, 19, 29CLE @ MIN · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 7 games: 12, 30, 37, 19, 15, 20, 28MIN vs CLE · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 9 games: 18, 25, 14, 32, 24, 19, 30, 32, 27SEA vs PHX · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 8 games: 1, 26, 25, 31, 26, 13, 31, 26PHX @ SEA · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 7 games: 24, 7, 8, 9, 8, 22, 25CHI @ DEN · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST