FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 29, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SEA by 10 at halftime and won 83–72.

Final · OT
MIA94
ATL100
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL -7; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +6
Final
PHI106
CLE99
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +7
Final
TOR98
BOS95
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +3
Final
MIL91
DET96
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +5
Final
WAS84
IND100
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +16
Final · OT
LAL112
MEM106
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +6
Final
GSW92
DEN82
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -9; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +10
Final
SAS87
PHX94
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +7
Final
MIN77
UTA95
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +18
Final
LAC94
SAC107
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +13
Final
HOU83
SEA72
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +11
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 29, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS @ ORL), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ SEA

Houston rallies from 10 down to beat Seattle

Trailing by 10 at the half, Houston outscored the SuperSonics 47–26 the rest of the way. Final: 83–72. Steve Francis led Houston with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final00-10+11+11HOU AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1818321583
SEA1828111572
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 27, 18, 22, 16, 31, 19, 14, 21HOU21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 6, 8, 2, 12, 12, 8, 4, 12HOU12 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 18, 14, 14, 19, 15, 23, 22, 19SEA19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 37, 16, 16, 23, 11, 14, 13, 18, 24, 18SEA18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

TOR over BOS3DET over MIL5ATL over MIA6LAL over MEM6PHI over CLE7PHX over SAS7GSW over DEN10HOU over SEA11SAC over LAC13IND over WAS16UTA over MIN18Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 12 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 1 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 10 games: 21, 45, 46, 16, 24, 21, 15, 21, 38, 45LAL @ MEM · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 19, 20, 18, 39, 13, 11, 12, 43PHX vs SAS · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 5 games: 17, 24, 15, 28, 33LAL @ MEM · W
23.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 15, 8, 23, 8, 20, 20, 30, 33UTA vs MIN · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 6, 25, 16, 28, 22, 18, 20, 31SAS @ PHX · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 22, 22, 19, 24, 22, 19, 13, 31SAC vs LAC · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST