FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 3, 2002Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DET by 8 at halftime and won 74–72.

Final
DET72
LAC74
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +2
Final
SAC78
MIA88
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +10
Final
UTA77
SEA91
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +14
Final · OT
POR95
LAL98
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
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 · 2001–02Nov 3, 2001: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN @ HOU), 37 points.
The lead · DET @ LAC

Clippers climb back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 8 at the half. Clippers won it 74–72. Michael Olowokandi led Clippers with 19 points, 20 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-5-8+3+2LAC AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2020151772
LAC1517261674
Who led
Michael OlowokandiPoints, last 3 games: 18, 12, 19LAC19 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 3 games: 0, 19, 17LAC17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 3 games: 22, 23, 25DET25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 3 games: 6, 11, 13DET13 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
11.12001–02 avg16.3Last 3

16.3 points a game over his last three games, against 11.1 in 2001–02 (80 games). Today: 19 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
25.52001–02 avg10.0Last 2

10.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.5 in 2001–02 (66 games). Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · POR @ LAL

Lakers need overtime to survive Portland

Tied 85–85 after regulation. Lakers won the final period 13–10 for a 98–95 win. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 33 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs POR
Kobe Bryant · LALDerek Anderson · PORPTS3324REB144AST124Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 27, 25, 33, 33LAL vs POR · W
29.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 14 REB · 12 AST
Devean GeorgePoints, last 4 games: 10, 7, 13, 25LAL vs POR · W
13.8 PPG season to date
Career high25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 3 games: 22, 23, 25DET @ LAC · L
23.3 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 4 games: 6, 10, 16, 24POR @ LAL · L
14.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Michael OlowokandiPoints, last 3 games: 18, 12, 19LAC vs DET · W
16.3 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 4 games: 8, 8, 10, 19SAC @ MIA · L
11.2 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST