FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 26, 2001Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 98–94.

Final
ATL83
NYK88
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK -10; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +5
Final
DET105
ORL100
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +5
Final
SAC94
MEM98
Q1 MEM -12; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +4
Final · OT
PHX111
UTA104
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +7
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 26, 2000: 3 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs UTA), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ MEM

Memphis rallies from 12 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 12 after one, Memphis outscored the Kings 76–60 the rest of the way. Final: 98–94. Rodney Buford led Memphis with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-5-3+4MEM AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3422211794
MEM2229232498
Who led
Rodney BufordPoints, last 4 games: 2, 11, 6, 21MEM21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 12, 13, 8, 16, 17, 7, 25, 19MEM19 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 36, 31, 22, 8, 21, 25, 25, 21, 29, 21SAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 5, 20, 16, 12, 10, 25, 16, 20SAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Second story · ATL @ NYK

New York fights back from 10 down against Atlanta

Final: 88–83, after trailing by 10 at the half. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs ATL
Latrell Sprewell · NYKShareef Abdur-Rahim · ATLPTS2926REB410AST14Top 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
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.5Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 33

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 24, 25, 18, 19, 20, 16, 31, 33PHX @ UTA · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 14, 24, 11, 22, 35, 14, 23, 30DET @ ORL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 10, 16, 25, 22, 29, 5, 5, 29NYK vs ATL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 23, 29, 7, 30, 30, 34, 24, 27UTA vs PHX · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 25, 5, 19, 12, 29, 20, 28, 50, 23, 26ATL @ NYK · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 44, 22, 17, 24, 20, 25, 39, 24, 31, 24ORL vs DET · L
24.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST