FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 2, 2003Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
GSW72
LAL87
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +15
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 · 2002–03Nov 2, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ MIL), 47 points.
The lead · GSW @ LAL

Lakers make it three straight

Lakers beat Golden State 87–72 and moved to 3–0. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+11+13+15LAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW1913231772
LAL2419251987
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 2 games: 15, 21LAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 3 games: 16, 24, 17LAL17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 3 games: 18, 12, 19GSW19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Calbert CheaneyPoints, last 3 games: 14, 20, 17GSW17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
5.82002–03 avg18.7Last 3

18.7 points a game over his last three games, against 5.8 in 2002–03 (81 games). Today: 10 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
34.52002–03 avg27.1Last 3

27.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 2002–03 (82 games). Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
24.12002–03 avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in 2002–03 (82 games). Line: 14 points, 23 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 21

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 2 games: 15, 21LAL vs GSW · W
18.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 3 games: 18, 12, 19GSW @ LAL · L
16.3 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 3 games: 16, 24, 17LAL vs GSW · W
19.0 PPG season to date
17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Calbert CheaneyPoints, last 3 games: 14, 20, 17GSW @ LAL · L
17.0 PPG season to date
17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 3 games: 15, 18, 16LAL vs GSW · W
16.3 PPG season to date
16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 3 games: 14, 13, 14GSW @ LAL · L
13.7 PPG season to date
14 PTS · 23 REB · 1 AST