FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 17, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed LAC by 10 at halftime and won 84–78.

Final
SEA84
LAC78
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA -10; Q3 SEA -10; Q4 SEA +6
Final
UTA82
TOR78
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +4
Final
WAS84
PHI100
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +16
Final
ORL99
SAC101
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
Final
HOU93
LAL89
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +4
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 17, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DEN @ SEA), 38 points.
The lead · SEA @ LAC

Seattle climbs out of a 10-point hole against Clippers

Down 10 at the half, the SuperSonics won the fourth quarter 30–14 and the game 84–78. Gary Payton led Seattle with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-9-10-10+6SEA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA1914213084
LAC2815211478
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 18, 20, 29, 21, 20, 14, 24, 22SEA22 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 16, 12, 10, 13, 7, 10, 20, 18SEA18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 17, 21, 20, 16, 25, 10, 10, 19LAC19 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 5, 18, 4, 21, 13, 5, 8, 17LAC17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ TOR

Utah beats Toronto, 82–78

Utah led 58–55 after three and won by 4. Matt Harpring led Utah with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over ORL2UTA over TOR4HOU over LAL4SEA over LAC6PHI over WAS16Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.7Season avg36.0Last 5

36.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.7 in 9 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 46

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 10 games: 27, 25, 33, 33, 15, 41, 27, 21, 45, 46LAL vs HOU · L
31.3 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 47, 41, 23, 32, 38, 35, 33, 36ORL @ SAC · L
32.5 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 25, 35, 29, 27, 13, 25, 16, 29WAS @ PHI · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 35, 34, 17, 31, 25, 37, 17, 28PHI vs WAS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 8 games: 39, 21, 28, 33, 31, 30, 16, 27HOU @ LAL · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 8 games: 9, 23, 22, 16, 27, 33, 24, 24SAC vs ORL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST