FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 18, 2001Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 9 at halftime and won 93–85.

Final
NYK86
LAC99
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +13
Final
TOR87
PHX81
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +6
Final
SAC85
LAL93
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL -9; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +8
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 18, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR vs MIL), 48 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAL

Lakers rally from 9 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 9 at the half, Lakers outscored the Kings 58–41 the rest of the way. Final: 93–85. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9-4+8LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC1925241785
LAL1520292993
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 29, 39, 24, 38, 13, 28, 31, 18, 29LAL29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 29, 31, 36, 30, 20, 38, 30, 28, 28LAL28 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 11, 32, 36, 31, 22, 8, 21, 25SAC25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 25, 8, 12, 15, 18, 14, 11, 15SAC15 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Second story · TOR @ PHX

Toronto never trails at a break against Phoenix

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 87–81. Vince Carter led Toronto with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over PHX6LAL over SAC8LAC over NYK13Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter 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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 28, 39, 43, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31TOR @ PHX · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 29, 39, 24, 38, 13, 28, 31, 18, 29LAL vs SAC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 29, 31, 36, 30, 20, 38, 30, 28, 28LAL vs SAC · W
30.0 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 11, 32, 36, 31, 22, 8, 21, 25SAC @ LAL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 8, 24, 21, 6, 25, 20, 14, 24PHX vs TOR · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 14, 14, 18, 7, 10, 16, 25, 22NYK @ LAC · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST