FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 15, 2001Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIA by 3 after three quarters and won 83–74.

Final
DAL89
DET115
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +25; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +26
Final
MIA74
NYK83
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +9
Final
POR101
MEM85
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +16
Final
ORL101
DEN82
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +19
Final · OT
LAL98
HOU97
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 15, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NJN vs MIA), 31 points.
The lead · MIA @ NYK

Miami's skid reaches four

New York won 83–74; the Heat fall to 2–6. Allan Houston led New York with 17 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+2-3+9NYK AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA172821874
NYK2918162083
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 9 games: 22, 15, 5, 17, 14, 17, 17, 23, 17NYK17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 9 games: 28, 19, 17, 14, 14, 18, 7, 10, 16NYK16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 8 games: 20, 10, 17, 25, 29, 12, 20, 22MIA22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 8 games: 8, 8, 11, 6, 5, 8, 12, 13MIA13 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ HOU

Lakers need overtime to survive Houston

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Lakers won the final period 11–10 for a 98–97 win. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs HOU
Kobe Bryant · LALSteve Francis · HOUPTS3126REB312AST55Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 9 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 8 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg45.1Today

45 minutes today, against 29.2 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 7 games: 29, 39, 24, 38, 13, 28, 31LAL @ HOU · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 7 games: 29, 31, 36, 30, 20, 38, 30LAL @ HOU · W
30.6 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 8 games: 7, 22, 11, 10, 4, 2, 11, 30MEM vs POR · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 7 games: 27, 34, 24, 28, 6, 29, 28DET vs DAL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 21, 16, 26, 9, 12, 27, 14, 27POR @ MEM · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 9 games: 23, 32, 20, 13, 22, 18, 7, 32, 26HOU vs LAL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST