FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 15, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 4 at halftime and won 88–87.

Final · OT
MIL100
IND103
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final
DEN79
TOR84
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +5
Final
DAL97
BOS86
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +11
Final
UTA75
DET86
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +11
Final
MIN99
MEM95
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +4
Final
NJN93
MIA84
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +9
Final
CHI87
NOH105
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +17; Q4 NOH +18
Final
LAC88
POR112
Q1 POR +19; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +33; Q4 POR +24
Final
SAC97
SEA111
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +14
Final · OT
GSW89
LAL96
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +7
Final
HOU87
PHX88
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +1
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 15, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ HOU), 31 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Phoenix takes over late to edge Houston

Down 3 after three, Phoenix won the fourth 20–16. Final: 88–87. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-4-3+1PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2722221687
PHX2520232088
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 8 games: 21, 21, 13, 14, 26, 17, 14, 27PHX27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 7 games: 15, 15, 15, 6, 21, 19, 20PHX20 PTS · 0 REB · 11 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 7 games: 39, 21, 28, 33, 31, 30, 16HOU16 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 5 games: 5, 1, 20, 12, 14HOU14 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Trail Blazers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Portland beat Clippers by 24.

PHX over HOU1IND over MIL3MIN over MEM4TOR over DEN5LAL over GSW7NJN over MIA9DAL over BOS11DET over UTA11SEA over SAC14NOH over CHI18POR over LAC24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg12.5Last 3

12.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 45

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 9 games: 27, 25, 33, 33, 15, 41, 27, 21, 45LAL vs GSW · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 9 games: 16, 9, 18, 10, 24, 35, 25, 18, 33NJN @ MIA · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 9 games: 20, 22, 24, 28, 24, 11, 26, 17, 32DAL @ BOS · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 12, 23, 17, 28, 24, 14, 16, 28MIN @ MEM · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 6 games: 6, 10, 16, 24, 2, 28POR vs LAC · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 8 games: 21, 21, 13, 14, 26, 17, 14, 27PHX vs HOU · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST