FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 8, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by PHX (vs POR) and NJN (vs LAC) and ORL (vs SEA).

Final
NYK94
IND107
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +13
Final
SEA98
ORL105
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +7
Final
CLE84
PHI108
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +24
Final
LAC92
NJN106
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN -7; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +14
Final
LAL99
WAS100
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +1
Final
DAL114
CHI87
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +29; Q4 DAL +27
Final
GSW104
NOH110
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +6
Final
POR75
PHX86
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +11
Final
ATL97
UTA110
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +13
Final
MEM91
SAC99
Q1 SAC +21; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +8
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 8, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ CHH), 33 points.
The lead · SEA @ ORL

Orlando makes it three straight

Orlando beat Seattle 105–98 and moved to 5–1. Grant Hill led Orlando with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+2-1+7ORL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2720252698
ORL20292234105
Who led
Grant HillPoints, last 6 games: 18, 17, 27, 2, 21, 28ORL28 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 6 games: 31, 24, 18, 47, 41, 23ORL23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 6 games: 20, 26, 18, 20, 29, 21SEA21 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 6 games: 6, 2, 15, 16, 8, 20SEA20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Dallas posts the night's biggest win

Dallas beat Chicago by 27, the widest margin of 10 games.

WAS over LAL1NOH over GSW6ORL over SEA7SAC over MEM8PHX over POR11IND over NYK13UTA over ATL13NJN over LAC14PHI over CLE24DAL over CHI27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 5 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Rebounding up
+3.3rebounds, today vs 2001–02 avg
Rebounds per game
4.72001–02 avg8Today

8 rebounds today in 30 minutes, against 4.7 a game in 2001–02 (82 games).

Top performances

Jason Kidd 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.
Jason KiddPoints, last 6 games: 16, 9, 18, 10, 24, 35NJN vs LAC · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 6 games: 17, 25, 16, 14, 10, 33NYK @ IND · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 5 games: 16, 21, 35, 16, 32NOH vs GSW · W
24.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 6 games: 22, 9, 8, 39, 14, 31GSW @ NOH · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 6 games: 21, 21, 23, 14, 22, 31ATL @ UTA · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 6 games: 17, 25, 21, 24, 27, 31CLE @ PHI · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST