FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 27, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed GSW by 16 after the first quarter and won 116–106.

Final
WAS75
CLE94
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +19
Final
BOS84
MIA83
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +1
Final
CHI68
NJN100
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +28; Q4 NJN +32
Final
SAC89
HOU84
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +5
Final
GSW106
DAL116
Q1 DAL -16; Q2 DAL -13; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +10
Final
IND90
POR96
Q1 POR -13; Q2 POR -14; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +6
Final
MIN102
SEA112
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +10
Final
MIL85
LAL104
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +19
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 27, 2000: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ LAC), 29 points.
The lead · GSW @ DAL

Michael Finley drops 39 in 16-point comeback win over Golden State

Golden State led by 16 after one. Final: 116–106.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-13+3+10DAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW39231727106
DAL23263334116
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 22, 19, 11, 26, 22, 15, 20, 39DAL39 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 28, 10, 13, 14, 17, 33, 32, 33DAL33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 4, 4, 19, 16, 16, 12, 12, 22, 32GSW32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Danny FortsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 3, 20, 2, 2, 19, 5, 9, 16, 24GSW24 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New Jersey posts the night's biggest win

New Jersey beat Chicago by 32, the widest margin of 8 games.

BOS over MIA1SAC over HOU5POR over IND6DAL over GSW10SEA over MIN10CLE over WAS19LAL over MIL19NJN over CHI32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
11.2Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
35.62000–01 avg24.0Last 2

24.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 35.6 in 2000–01 (20 games). Today: 6 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 39

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 22, 19, 11, 26, 22, 15, 20, 39DAL vs GSW · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high39 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 31, 18, 29, 25, 24, 28, 25, 33LAL vs MIL · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 28, 10, 13, 14, 17, 33, 32, 33DAL vs GSW · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 14, 35, 31, 33, 16, 24, 23, 33BOS @ MIA · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 4, 4, 19, 16, 16, 12, 12, 22, 32GSW @ DAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 11, 11, 22, 8, 13, 15, 17, 31SEA vs MIN · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST