FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 24, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed SAS by 9 after three quarters and won 91–90.

Final
PHI94
TOR84
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +10
Final
HOU89
LAC90
Q1 LAC +17; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +1
Final
MIA75
ORL77
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +2
Final
MIN106
NYK88
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +18
Final
SEA91
SAS90
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA -9; Q4 SEA +1
Final
MIL99
LAL111
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +12
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 24, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Mike Miller (ORL vs CHH), 32 points.
The lead · SEA @ SAS

Seattle climbs out of a 9-point hole against San Antonio

Down 9 after three, the SuperSonics won the fourth quarter 26–16 and the game 91–90. Gary Payton led Seattle with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 11 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-5-9+1SEA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2321212691
SAS2128251690
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 20, 14, 24, 22, 14, 22, 20, 26SEA26 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 7, 10, 20, 18, 14, 14, 19, 15SEA15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 20, 21, 29, 6, 25, 16, 28, 22SAS22 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 13, 6, 6, 12, 3, 4, 12, 18SAS18 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 18.

LAC over HOU1SEA over SAS1ORL over MIA2PHI over TOR10LAL over MIL12MIN over NYK18Final 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
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 11 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
36.22001–02 avg24.5Last 2

24.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.2 in 2001–02 (67 games). Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 25, 37, 17, 28, 38, 33, 31, 37PHI @ TOR · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 28, 21, 14, 27, 14, 14, 23, 23, 32NYK vs MIN · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 18, 18, 5, 8, 14, 12, 7, 31ORL vs MIA · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 31, 30, 16, 27, 18, 22, 16, 31HOU @ LAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 25, 10, 10, 19, 17, 21, 11, 26LAC vs HOU · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 20, 14, 24, 22, 14, 22, 20, 26SEA @ SAS · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST