FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 19, 2001Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT
NJN96
DEN99
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
HOU77
SAC113
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +36
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 19, 2000: 4 games. Top scorer: Rasheed Wallace (POR @ ORL), 37 points.
The lead · NJN @ DEN

Nick Van Exel scores 30, Denver wins in overtime

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Final: 99–96.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2+11+90+3DEN AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN22162329696
DEN24252120999
Who led
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 44, 32, 25, 13, 28, 24, 23, 13, 38, 30DEN30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 1, 7, 18, 9, 11, 12, 18, 12, 17, 25DEN25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 11, 16, 13, 18, 13, 21, 16, 28NJN28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 8, 0, 11, 7, 9, 8, 6, 13NJN13 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAC

Sacramento leads Houston wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 113–77. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–13. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs HOU
Peja Stojakovic · SACSteve Francis · HOUPTS2518REB64AST16Top 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
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 10 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 30

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 10 games: 44, 32, 25, 13, 28, 24, 23, 13, 38, 30DEN vs NJN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 11, 16, 13, 18, 13, 21, 16, 28NJN @ DEN · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 1, 7, 18, 9, 11, 12, 18, 12, 17, 25DEN vs NJN · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 32, 36, 31, 22, 8, 21, 25, 25SAC vs HOU · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 15, 14, 17, 17, 20, 10, 11, 23SAC vs HOU · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 13, 22, 18, 7, 32, 26, 33, 18HOU @ SAC · L
22.2 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST