FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 21, 2002Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SEA by 9 at halftime and won 89–85.

Final
HOU90
DAL103
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +13
Final
POR89
SEA85
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +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 21, 2001: 11 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs MIN), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ SEA

Portland rallies from 9 down to beat Seattle

Trailing by 9 at the half, Portland outscored the SuperSonics 49–36 the rest of the way. Final: 89–85. Bonzi Wells led Portland with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-8-9+3+4POR AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1921252489
SEA2722132385
Who led
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 12, 4, 20, 19, 12, 21, 7, 16POR16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 18, 19, 18, 14, 9, 7, 26, 13POR13 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 29, 21, 20, 14, 24, 22, 14, 22SEA22 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Predrag DrobnjakPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 6, 10, 4, 12, 16, 6, 9, 18SEA18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · HOU @ DAL

Dallas leads Houston wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 103–90. Best quarter: the third, 31–28. Michael Finley led Dallas with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs HOU
Michael Finley · DALYao Ming · HOUPTS2830REB616AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 9 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 11 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg29.1Today

29 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Yao Ming leads the day with 30

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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 8, 0, 3, 7, 10, 20, 9, 30HOU @ DAL · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 14, 25, 21, 26, 12, 20, 18, 28DAL vs HOU · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 24, 11, 26, 17, 32, 18, 18, 24DAL vs HOU · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 29, 21, 20, 14, 24, 22, 14, 22SEA vs POR · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 39, 21, 28, 33, 31, 30, 16, 27, 18, 22HOU @ DAL · L
26.5 PPG season to date · −5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Predrag DrobnjakPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 6, 10, 4, 12, 16, 6, 9, 18SEA vs POR · L
9.2 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST