FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 30, 2002Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 86–73.

Final
CHI99
BOS96
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +3
Final
HOU82
IND91
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +9
Final
MIL93
PHI95
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +2
Final
WAS68
TOR74
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +6
Final
ORL100
MIA86
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +14
Final
ATL94
NJN105
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +11
Final
NYK77
DET86
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +9
Final
DAL119
MEM108
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +11
Final
DEN77
MIN83
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +6
Final
UTA75
NOH100
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +25
Final
LAL90
POR102
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +20; Q3 POR +23; Q4 POR +12
Final
PHX73
SEA86
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +13
Final
SAS98
GSW106
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +8
Final
CLE98
LAC96
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +2
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 · 2001–02Oct 30, 2001: 12 games. Top scorer: Jalen Rose (IND @ NJN), 43 points.
The lead · PHX @ SEA

Seattle rallies from 9 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 9 after one, Seattle outscored the Suns 71–49 the rest of the way. Final: 86–73. Brent Barry led Seattle with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-9-30+13SEA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2418181373
SEA1524212686
Who led
Brent BarrySEA25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonSEA20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Shawn MarionPHX21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Anfernee HardawayPHX16 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.4points, today vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
21.62001–02 avg39Today

39 points today in 39 minutes, against 21.6 a game in 2001–02 (57 games).

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
22.62001–02 avg13.5Last 2

13.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.6 in 2001–02 (82 games). Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.1minutes, today vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
4.92001–02 avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 2001–02 (21 games). Line: 6 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hornets rout

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Orleans beat Utah by 25.

PHI over MIL2CLE over LAC2CHI over BOS3TOR over WAS6MIN over DEN6GSW over SAS8IND over HOU9DET over NYK9NJN over ATL11DAL over MEM11POR over LAL12SEA over PHX13ORL over MIA14NOH over UTA25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Steve Francis 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.
Steve FrancisHOU @ IND · L
39.0 PPG season to date
Career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonGSW vs SAS · W
36.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Glenn RobinsonATL @ NJN · L
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Allan HoustonNYK @ DET · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gordan GiricekMEM vs DAL · L
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Paul PierceBOS vs CHI · L
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST