FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 22, 2002Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed NYK by 15 after the first quarter and won 105–97.

Final
ORL70
IND106
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +22; Q3 IND +26; Q4 IND +36
Final · 2OT
ATL98
BOS105
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS -10; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +7
Final
CLE79
NJN120
Q1 NJN +15; Q2 NJN +19; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +41
Final
DET75
MIA72
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET +3
Final
TOR80
PHI90
Q1 PHI -14; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +10
Final
WAS86
HOU93
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +7
Final · OT
NYK97
NOH105
Q1 NOH -15; Q2 NOH -8; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +8
Final
MEM86
SAS95
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +9
Final
PHX101
SAC118
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +17
Final
LAC70
DEN72
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN -13; Q4 DEN +2
Final
MIL95
GSW91
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL -8; Q3 MIL -7; Q4 MIL +4
Final
CHI73
LAL86
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +13
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 22, 2001: 3 games. Top scorer: Keith Van Horn (NJN @ LAC), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ NOH

New Orleans rallies from eight down at the half, wins in overtime

New York led 53–45 at the break. It was 93–93 after regulation, and New Orleans won the extra time 12–4. Final: 105–97. Jamal Mashburn led New Orleans with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-800+8NOH AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK31222218497
NOH1629301812105
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 32, 15, 17, 25, 16, 19, 37, 25NOH25 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 17, 16, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20NOH20 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 3 games: 16, 23, 23NYK23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 39, 28, 21, 14, 27, 14, 14, 23, 23NYK23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 10 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.7minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
35.92001–02 avg16.2Last 3

16.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 2001–02 (58 games). Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nets rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Jersey beat Cleveland by 41.

DEN over LAC2DET over MIA3MIL over GSW4BOS over ATL7HOU over WAS7NOH over NYK8SAS over MEM9PHI over TOR10LAL over CHI13SAC over PHX17IND over ORL36NJN over CLE41Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 39

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 9 games: 15, 15, 15, 6, 21, 19, 20, 18, 39PHX @ SAC · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 46, 17, 28, 20, 35, 13, 9, 28, 18, 36BOS vs ATL · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 23, 18, 8, 19, 8, 8, 7, 31GSW vs MIL · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 31, 25, 37, 17, 28, 38, 33, 31PHI vs TOR · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 29, 27, 20, 19, 24, 31, 24, 31MIL @ GSW · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 16, 20, 21, 29, 6, 25, 16, 28SAS vs MEM · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST