FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 4, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MIN by 3 after the first quarter and won 106–82.

Final · OT
CHI105
TOR109
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +4
Final
MIN82
NJN106
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +24
Final
MIL97
NYK88
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +9
Final · OT
SAS103
MEM101
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final
GSW100
DAL107
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +7
Final
DET84
PHX82
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +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 · 2001–02Nov 4, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs UTA), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ NJN

New Jersey routs Minnesota by 24

New Jersey led by 5 at halftime and won 106–82. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+5+22+24NJN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2514222182
NJN22223923106
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 4 games: 15, 19, 13, 22NJN22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 4 games: 13, 10, 10, 16NJN16 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 4 games: 13, 23, 12, 23MIN23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 4 games: 23, 19, 13, 10MIN10 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 24.

SAS over MEM2DET over PHX2TOR over CHI4DAL over GSW7MIL over NYK9NJN over MIN24Final 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
+6.5points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg19.5Last 4

19.5 points a game over his last four games, against 13.0 in 3 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
34.72001–02 avg22.2Last 3

22.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 2001–02 (72 games). Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jason Richardson 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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 4 games: 22, 9, 8, 39GSW @ DAL · L
19.5 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 4 games: 16, 15, 17, 32CHI @ TOR · L
20.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 3 games: 24, 15, 30DAL vs GSW · W
23.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 4 games: 14, 24, 22, 29SAS @ MEM · W
22.2 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 4 games: 31, 23, 39, 28NYK vs MIL · L
30.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 4 games: 7, 4, 12, 25TOR vs CHI · W
12.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST