FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 6, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed ATL by 11 after three quarters and won 93–88.

Final
SAC88
NYK95
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +7
Final · OT
LAC99
PHI101
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +2
Final
DAL106
TOR92
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +14
Final
CLE100
WAS107
Q1 WAS +15; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +7
Final
BOS91
CHI69
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +22
Final
SEA84
NOH86
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +2
Final
ATL88
PHX93
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -11; Q4 PHX +5
Final
DET80
UTA78
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +2
Final
NJN93
MIL99
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +6
Final
MEM88
POR94
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +6
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 6, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Wally Szczerbiak (MIN vs NYK), 35 points.
The lead · ATL @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 11 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 11 after three, Phoenix outscored the Hawks 29–13 the rest of the way. Final: 93–88. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-4-1-11+5PHX AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2522281388
PHX2125182993
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 5 games: 21, 21, 13, 14, 26PHX26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 5 games: 16, 3, 5, 7, 20PHX20 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 5 games: 21, 21, 23, 14, 22ATL22 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 4 games: 17, 13, 19, 19ATL19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
32.02001–02 avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 2001–02 (76 games). Today: 1 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Cooling off
−6.5points, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
24.52001–02 avg18.0Last 3

18.0 points a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 2001–02 (54 games). Today: 22 points in 43 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Chicago by 22.

PHI over LAC2NOH over SEA2DET over UTA2PHX over ATL5MIL over NJN6POR over MEM6NYK over SAC7WAS over CLE7DAL over TOR14BOS over CHI22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 35

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 5 games: 19, 22, 23, 25, 35WAS vs CLE · W
24.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 4 games: 18, 28, 35, 34PHI vs LAC · W
28.8 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 5 games: 20, 26, 18, 20, 29SEA @ NOH · L
22.6 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 4 games: 28, 10, 17, 29MIL vs NJN · W
21.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 4 games: 20, 22, 24, 28DAL @ TOR · W
23.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 5 games: 22, 23, 25, 22, 28DET @ UTA · W
24.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST