FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 13, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DEN by 9 at halftime and won 75–72.

Final
PHI81
BOS91
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +10
Final
DAL103
CLE99
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +4
Final
SAS82
NJN91
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +9
Final
CHI101
MIL108
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +23; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +7
Final
MIN98
NOH102
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH -8; Q4 NOH +4
Final
PHX75
DEN72
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +3
Final
SAC104
GSW93
Q1 SAC +17; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +11
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 13, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU @ SAS), 32 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Phoenix rallies from 9 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 9 at the half, Phoenix outscored the Nuggets 42–30 the rest of the way. Final: 75–72. Stephon Marbury led Phoenix with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 8 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-9+9+3PHX AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1914291375
DEN2022111972
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 6 games: 15, 15, 15, 6, 21, 19PHX19 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 7 games: 21, 21, 13, 14, 26, 17, 14PHX14 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 4 games: 25, 6, 13, 19DEN19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 7 games: 10, 6, 10, 7, 10, 7, 14DEN14 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Sacramento by 11.

PHX over DEN3DAL over CLE4NOH over MIN4MIL over CHI7NJN over SAS9BOS over PHI10SAC over GSW11Final 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
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 5 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg10.2Last 3

10.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 26.2 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Zydrunas Ilgauskas leads the day with 34

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.
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 8 games: 19, 17, 23, 6, 20, 19, 17, 34CLE vs DAL · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 6 games: 9, 23, 22, 16, 27, 33SAC @ GSW · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 9 games: 36, 24, 23, 21, 16, 28, 21, 37, 31GSW vs SAC · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 8 games: 15, 19, 13, 22, 1, 11, 6, 27NJN vs SAS · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 8 games: 21, 17, 17, 22, 14, 25, 21, 26DAL @ CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 8 games: 16, 21, 35, 16, 32, 15, 17, 25NOH vs MIN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST