FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 12, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by HOU (vs POR) and TOR (vs ORL).

Final
CLE75
IND95
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +20
Final
TOR115
ORL109
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -11; Q4 TOR +6
Final
SEA101
WAS95
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +6
Final
NOH87
DET93
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +6
Final
LAC101
MIA82
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +19
Final
UTA108
NYK87
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +28; Q4 UTA +21
Final
POR83
HOU86
Q1 HOU -11; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +3
Final
ATL95
LAL83
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +12
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 12, 2001: 2 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs ORL), 29 points.
The lead · POR @ HOU

Steve Francis scores 30, Houston rallies past Portland

Houston trailed by 11 after one and won 86–83.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-11-10-1+3HOU AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2919161983
HOU1820252386
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 6 games: 39, 21, 28, 33, 31, 30HOU30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Eddie GriffinPoints, last 6 games: 2, 7, 10, 23, 13, 14HOU14 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 7 games: 7, 11, 12, 4, 20, 19, 12POR12 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 9 games: 9, 0, 0, 7, 16, 5, 15, 5, 12POR12 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.2Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.2 in 6 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
25.52001–02 avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 2001–02 (66 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 25.3 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · TOR @ ORL

Toronto fights back late to top Orlando

Orlando led 91–80 after three. Toronto won the fourth 35–18 and the game 115–109. Alvin Williams led Toronto with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · TOR vs ORL
Alvin Williams · TORTracy McGrady · ORLPTS3238REB45AST38Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 38

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 8 games: 31, 24, 18, 47, 41, 23, 32, 38ORL vs TOR · L
31.8 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 8 games: 10, 19, 4, 18, 21, 13, 24, 37SEA @ WAS · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 7 games: 7, 4, 12, 25, 14, 12, 32TOR @ ORL · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jerome WilliamsPoints, last 7 games: 0, 0, 2, 11, 16, 2, 30TOR @ ORL · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 6 games: 39, 21, 28, 33, 31, 30HOU vs POR · W
30.3 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 8 games: 8, 21, 21, 10, 6, 25, 12, 27WAS vs SEA · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST