FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 4, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SEA by 10 after the first quarter and won 114–111.

Final
CHI101
CLE111
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +10
Final
BOS93
PHI99
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +6
Final
WAS88
DET83
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +5
Final
ORL87
NYK85
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +2
Final
TOR74
NOH89
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +15
Final
SAC92
DEN90
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +2
Final
MEM85
PHX98
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +13
Final
LAL85
UTA93
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +8
Final
DAL103
POR88
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +15
Final · OT
IND114
SEA111
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final
MIA80
LAC89
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +9
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 · 2001–02Dec 4, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Andre Miller (CLE vs DET), 34 points.
The lead · IND @ SEA

Jermaine O'Neal scores 30, Indiana wins in overtime

Tied 102–102 after regulation. Final: 114–111. Gary Payton scored 40 for Seattle in the loss.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-2+10+3IND AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND2228292312114
SEA322026249111
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 9, 12, 26, 28, 15, 9, 25, 30IND30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 10, 10, 0, 21, 6, 4, 17, 26IND26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 22, 20, 26, 32, 17, 10, 28, 40SEA40 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Predrag DrobnjakPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 18, 14, 10, 8, 2, 8, 7, 18SEA18 PTS · 3 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
7.1Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
24.32001–02 avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 2001–02 (79 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Orleans by 15.

ORL over NYK2SAC over DEN2IND over SEA3WAS over DET5PHI over BOS6UTA over LAL8LAC over MIA9CLE over CHI10PHX over MEM13NOH over TOR15DAL over POR15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 40

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.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 22, 20, 26, 32, 17, 10, 28, 40SEA vs IND · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 13, 34, 6, 25, 14, 31, 19, 37CHI @ CLE · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 9, 7, 26, 13, 30, 16, 10, 34POR vs DAL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 18, 36, 31, 30, 16, 30, 27, 34BOS @ PHI · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 18, 19, 22, 22, 11, 14, 30, 32PHX vs MEM · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 21, 24, 28, 19, 16, 19, 22, 31SAC @ DEN · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST