FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 24, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed ATL by 8 after the first quarter and won 95–88.

Final
CHI71
NYK78
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +7
Final · OT
BOS84
WAS88
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final · OT
MIA96
CLE100
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +4
Final
MEM84
DET91
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +7
Final
CHH103
ORL101
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH -2; Q4 CHH +2
Final
SAS94
MIN99
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +5
Final
PHX104
DAL119
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +15
Final
ATL88
MIL95
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +7
Final
NJN97
SAC98
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +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 24, 2000: 11 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs ORL), 41 points.
The lead · ATL @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs back to beat Atlanta

Atlanta led by 8 after one. Milwaukee won it 95–88. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-8-4+5+7MIL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2323182488
MIL1527272695
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 32, 22, 16, 22, 18, 20, 13, 21MIL21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 9 games: 25, 12, 25, 11, 9, 27, 22, 16, 18MIL18 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 5, 19, 12, 29, 20, 28, 50, 23ATL23 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 4, 1, 13, 13, 1, 10, 9, 17, 7, 18ATL18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 15.

SAC over NJN1CHH over ORL2WAS over BOS4CLE over MIA4MIN over SAS5NYK over CHI7DET over MEM7MIL over ATL7DAL over PHX15Final 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
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 11 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Mike Miller 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.
Mike MillerPoints, last 9 games: 18, 10, 16, 12, 6, 17, 7, 21, 32ORL vs CHH · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 25, 28, 10, 13, 14, 17, 33, 32DAL vs PHX · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 44, 22, 17, 24, 20, 25, 39, 24, 31ORL vs CHH · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 25, 24, 25, 18, 19, 20, 16, 31PHX @ DAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 22, 11, 15, 21, 25, 12, 22, 29DAL vs PHX · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 31, 22, 8, 21, 25, 25, 21, 29SAC vs NJN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST